Uso de los relativos

2. Son oraciones adjetivas introducidas por un
pronombre o un adverbio relativo.
Hay dos tipos:
• Defining (especificativas):
Aportan información esencial sobre el
antecedente
•Non-defining (explicativas):
Dan información extra sobre el antecedente.
Van entre comas y son más formales.

3. Defining relative clauses
- Para personas WHO / THAT
- Para cosas y animales WHICH / THAT
- WHOSE (cuyo)
- WHEN
- WHERE
 He is the man. I saw the man at the party
=> He is the man (who/that) I saw at the party
 He is the man. He came yesterday
=> He is the man who/that came yesterday
Se pueden omitir si
no funcionan de
Sujeto
Se puede sustituir por that

4. Non-defining relative clauses
 Nunca se puede omitir el relativo y
 No se usa THAT
- Para personas WHO
- Para cosas y animales WHICH
- WHOSE (cuyo)
- WHEN
- WHERE
Málaga, where I live, is in the south of Spain

5. Verbos con preposición Las preposiciones que van con el verbo, suelen ir en la
oración de relativo al final de la frase.
He is the man (that/who) I was telling you about
 Los relativos que pueden llevar una preposición
delante son
whom which
This is the ball with which I was playing or
This is the ball (which / that) I was playing with
This is the man to whom I was talking
This is the man (who/that) I was talking to