Introduction to Spanish relative pronouns

Brief introduction to relative pronouns in Spanish.
SPA 201. Chapter11 (Pages 414-417).

Class: Spanish 201.
Prof.: Venegas

Today, you will learn a new topic:
relative pronouns.

They are used to join two sentences
having one element in common.

For example:

Sentence 1: The cat has seven lives.
Sentence 2: The cat is black.

These sentences have an element in common:
'the cat'.

To join these two sentences,
you need a relative pronoun.

The new sentence is:
'The cat that/which has 7 lives is black'.

Another option could be:

'The black cat
is the one that/which has 7 lives'.

Now, let's see other sentences
that include relative pronouns.

Please use the sheet of paper
your teacher gave you,

and determine which relative pronouns
you use for things,

which relative pronouns you use for people

and which for ideas or events.

Example #1:

Sentence 1: The toaster belongs to my mum.
Sentence 2: The toaster toasts bread.

Let's join them with a relative pronoun:

'The toaster that toasts bread
belongs to my mum'.

Example #2:

Sentence 1: I met a woman.
Sentence 2: The woman's name is Julia.

Element in common: the woman.

I use a relative pronoun to join them:
'The woman who I met is called Julia'.

Example #3:
'What is that you saw?'

'What I saw was a moving broom.
It was an unusual event'.

Example #4:

'Many people visit Belén and Fernando.
Buying new chairs is a good idea'.

Let's add a relative pronoun:

'Belén and Fernando will buy new chairs,

which is a good idea
because many people visit them'.

Example #5:

Sentence 1: The man runs on the street.
Sentence 2: The man is a shop assistant.

Let's add a relative pronoun:

'The man who runs on the street
is a shop assistant'.

This is the end
of the relative pronouns class.

There are two important things
to be mentioned:

1) Interrogative words in Spanish
('qué', 'quién' & 'quiénes') are accented.

However, relative pronouns
'que', 'quien' & 'quienes' are not.

Important thing #2:

The relative pronouns I showed you here
are just the most frequent ones.

However, there are many others.

Google 'pronombres relativos del español'
(Spanish relative pronouns) for more.

Let's practise this topic on page 416.

Try to do the Super Side exercises too.

See you!