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Subject relative clauses and ‘que’

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DIALOGUE EXAMPLES: The wider world

  • First we must explain what is the subject relative clause. This is a part of a sentence that tells us more about a person or thing, and the person or thing is doing something in that extra part. For example:
    • El hombre que vive en Madrid es mi profesor. (The man who lives in Madrid is my teacher.)
    • Here the subject clause would be ‘que vive en madrid’ because its the part of the sentence that tells us more about the man, and it tells us that the man is living in Madrid.
  • Therefore, in a subject relative clause, we use ‘que’ to replace the subject (person or thing) of the second part of the sentence and link it to the main noun we’re talking about. Therefore, que is the person or thing doing the action in the second part. It’s used to join two ideas into one sentence and avoid repeating the subject. For example:
    • El niño que corre es mi hermano. (The boy who runs is my brother.)
    • La película que gana premios es muy buena. (The movie that wins awards is very good.)
    • Los chicos que juegan aquí son mis amigos. (The boys who play here are my friends.)
    • Tengo un perro que ladra mucho. (I have a dog that barks a lot.)

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