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B1.1 — Intermediate · Unit 26

Relative Clauses: Connecting Ideas

Use relative clauses to connect ideas fluently. QUE (that/which/who — most common), QUIEN/QUIENES (who — after prepositions), DONDE (where — for places), LO QUE (what/the thing that — refers to ideas not nouns), CUYO/CUYA (whose — formal/written).

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que

that / which / who (most common — for people and things, subject or direct object)

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quien / quienes

who (used after prepositions: con quien, para quien, de quien)

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donde

where (replaces a place noun — the café WHERE we met)

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lo que

what / the thing that (refers to an idea or concept, not a specific noun)

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cuyo / cuya / cuyos / cuyas

whose (formal/written — agrees with the noun it precedes, not the subject)

el retraso

the delay

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el horario

the timetable

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la aduana

the customs