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WashU Span 307
11
Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 1
04/10/2011

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Term
Quien
(contexto 1)
Definition
-"that/who/whom"
-se refiere a un sustantivo específico
-after preposition or in nonrestrictive clauses (after coma)
-more common after shorter preps
Term
Que
(contexto 1)
Definition
-"that/who/whom/which"
-refers to a specific noun (things or people)
- you can always use it as a relative pronoun to refer to a specific antecedent
-can be used to refer to a person after CON, DE, EN, A
Term
Lo que
Definition
"WHAT/which/that which"
-refers to a clause/complete idea
-after coma or preposition
-CAN begin a sentence
-only lo que or qué can be used in a restrictive clause
Term
El Cual
Definition
-that/who/whom/which
-can be used in non-restrictive clauses in place of que/quien (more formal)
-can be used after prepositions (esp. longer/compound) to refer to people or things
Term
EL que
Definition
-that/who/whom/which
-can be used after prepositions to refer to people or things (ONLY after prepositions, NOT after coma)
Term
Lo cual
Definition
-which/that which
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Term
qué
Definition
interchangeable with "lo que" after verbs of information (contar, decir, explicar...)
Term
cuyo
Definition
-whose/which/the... of which
-agrees with gender/number of noun after it (not the person)
-repeated when 2 nouns are different gender/number
Term
en cuyo caso
Definition
in which case
Term
por cuya razón
Definition
for which reason
Term
el que/quien
(contexto 2)
Definition
"he/she who" "the one that" "those who"
- quien = people
-el que= people or things
After haber, only quien can be used
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