Relative Clauses and Pronouns 🔗

Relative Pronouns

Pronoun	Use
que	people or things (most common)
quien/quienes	people only (after preposition)
el cual/la cual	people or things (formal, after preposition)
cuyo/cuya	possessive (whose)
donde	places

QUE (The Workhorse)

The most common relative pronoun:

El hombre que habla = The man who speaks

El libro que leí = The book that I read

La casa que compramos = The house that we bought

QUIEN (People Only)

Used after prepositions or commas:

Mi hermano, quien vive en Madrid = My brother, who lives in Madrid

La persona con quien hablé = The person with whom I spoke

CUYO/CUYA (Whose)

Agrees with the thing possessed:

El hombre cuyo coche robó = The man whose car was stolen

La mujer cuya hija estudia = The woman whose daughter studies

DONDE (Where)

La ciudad donde nací = The city where I was born

LO QUE (What/That which)

No entiendo lo que dices = I don't understand what you're saying