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Note: You must be logged into your Progress with Lawless Spanish account to take this test. Think you’ve got it? Test yourself on relative pronouns: We sometimes use whom as the object of a verb or preposition. This is George, whose brother went to school with me. We use whose as the possessive form of who. GapFillTypingMTU4OTI Level: intermediate. Note: In Spanish, relative pronouns are required, whereas in English, they are sometimes optional. GapFillDragAndDropMTU4OTE Relative pronouns 4.

Here’s a summary of Spanish relative pronouns with their functions and possible translations – click to read detailed lessons on each one. I can’t give you a nice Spanish relative pronoun = English relative pronoun/adverb list, because the grammar is somewhat different in the two languages, and there are two or more possible English translations some of the Spanish pronouns, depending on the context. These are equivalent to seven English relative pronouns and adverbs: that, when, where, which, who, whom, and whose. There are six Spanish relative pronouns: que, quien, el que, el cual, cuando, and donde.

Are required in Spanish, though they are sometimes optional in English.

Can be subjects, direct objects, or objects of a preposition.

If any of these grammatical concepts are unclear to you, please study those lessons before reading this one. Relative pronouns are connectors – they link relative clauses (i.e., clauses that cannot stand alone) to main clauses so that you don’t have to repeat subjects and objects.