Wheelock Chapter 17

1. Wheelock Chapter 17 The Relative Pronoun

2. Relative Pronoun • Quī, quae, quod • Who/which/that • Relative clause • Modifies its antecedent • “The man who was from Italy” = “the Italian man”

3. Singular

4. Plural

5. Translate • Which: use it when the clause is nonessential • That: use it when the clause is essential • Who: use it when it’s a person • Whom: Same as who only not the subject

6. Usage • Relative pronouns agree with their antecedents in number and gender • The case is dependent on the use in the clause • The woman whom you are praising is wise. • Main clause: The woman . . . is wise. • Relative clause: whom you are praising • “Whom” will be feminine singular like its antecedent (woman) • “Whom” will be accusative as the direct object • Thus, “quam”

7. Examples: • Puellacui rosamdatestfortūnāta. • The girl to whom he gives a rose is fortunate. • Puercuiuspatremiuvābāmusestfortis. • The boy whose father we used to help is brave. • Timeō idem perīculumquod timētis. • I fear the same danger which you all fear.

8. Identify the relative clause: • The man who has friends is rich. • The girl whom I kissed slapped me. • The car that I drive is faster than a cheetah. • The family that prays together stays together. • The relative clause, to which you have already been introduced, is quite helpful. • Rome, which is the capital of Italy, is quite lovely this time of year. • The deal, about which we have spoken, is advantageous.

9. Identify the relative clause: • Homōdēquōdīcēbāsestamīcus bonus. • Illīquōrumvirtūtēslaudāsmendacessunt. • Cīvemlaudāvēruntquemmīserātis. • Cīvemlaudāvēruntquōsmīseratis.

10. Answer/Translate • What determines the case of the relative pronoun? • In what ways does a relative pronoun agree with its antecedent? • Bisvincitquīsēvincit in victōriā. • Levis estfortūna: id citorepōscit quod dedit. • Hello, my friend, to whom I sent my son!

11. Vocabulary Quiz 9. He alleviated her stress, making her burden _________. 10. It made an indelible impression, one which was incapable of being _________.

12. Decline quī (the masculine form only). Decline quod (the neuter form only). “Who” is used for the ________ of a sentence while “whom” is used for an __________ of a sentence. “That” introduces an ________ relative clause, but “which” introduces a ______ relative clause.

13. Amat puellam cui dīcit. Homōdēquōdīcēbāsestamīcus bonus. AecusōlimregēbatAegīnam, quae nōmensuumcēperatāmātreAeacī. Iuvāmē, fīliumtuum, quemamās. Coepit opus quod in libellō est. (opus, operis is neuter and means “work” as in a “work of art” or a “work of prose.”)

14. A relative pronoun introduces a dependent clause known as a _________ clause and refers back to a noun called its _______________. • The ______ of a relative pronoun is determined by its use in its own clause. • Give the gender, number, case, and antecedent for cui in the following sentence: • Salvē, bone amīce, cui fīliummeummīsī. • Give gender, number, case, antecedent for quae in the following sentence: • Multīcīvēsperīcula quae videntneglegunt. • Supply the correct form of the relative pronoun and translate: • Aetās dē _________ dīxistīeratnimiumdifficilis. • Ubi suntomnēsaudītōrēs ________ exspectābās?