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need french help- relative pronouns
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i can't understand relative clauses. i usually get them right by instinct but I can't figure out subject and object.
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"Qui" refers to a person, a sentient being, if you will , i.e " Qui est reponsable? (who's responsible?) or to give another example , "Celui qui finit en premier, gagne" (The one who will finish first, wins).
"Quel (Quelle)" refers to everything else. "Quelle est la couleur du ciel dans ton monde?" (What's the color of the sky in your world?) , notice that it follows the gender of the object "quelle.. la couleur". Another example "Quel est le résultat" (What's the result?) "Quel.. le résultat".
"Que" is used when there is no object, and a direct response is required. Que fais-tu? Que manges-tu? Que jettes-tu? (What do you do, what do you eat, what are you throwing?).
I hope this explains things a bit... well i gave it my best shot
you can use qui for things and que for people. that's where i'm confused.
That is true:
"La maison qui est au coin de la rue est bleue", but in that time, qui means "which", not "who". The house which is at the corner of the street is blue.
As for que:
"Sam, une personne que beacoup de gens aiment, a une question" (Sam, a person that many people like, has a question)
In these senses, que and qui aren't actually a relative pronoun.
La femme que j'ai rencontrée hier était bizarre. -> "que" refers to "la femme", who's the object of the following verb. and there's a pronoun "j'" just in front.
As-tu entendu parler de l'homme qui a tué toute sa famille la semaine dernière? -> "qui" is "l'homme", the subject of the following verb. There is no pronoun between "qui" and the verb.
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http://ielanguages.com/french.html
that is an insanely good french reference/grammar guide and will be able to help you out with anything you need.
When you want to say "or".
Est-ce que tu préfères les chiens ou les chats?
Do you prefer dogs or cats?
EDIT: Ou as "where" will be spelled où.
I'm sure he meant "où".
"où" is similar to "que" in it's use but usually means "where/when," for example "c'est le quartier où je suis ne" (the neighborhood WHERE I was born".