RELATIVE CLAUSES

a) Defining(especificativas): la información es relevante. El pronombre Who or

Which
se puede sustituir por That.
b) Non-defining(explicativas): información extra. Van entre comas y no se puede
omitir el pronombre, aun cuando éste funcione como CD del verbo. Tampoco se
pueden sustituir los pronombres Who or Which por That.
DEFINING NON-DEFINING
Antecedente Sujeto Objeto Posesivo Sujeto Objeto Posesivo
Personas Who Who Whose who Whom whose
That That who
(*)Zero rel.
Cosas Which Which Whose Which Which whose
That That
(*)Zero rel.
(*) En la oraciones especificativas, cuando el pronombre relativo funciona como CD del
verbo se puede omitir.
Ej.: That is the car my brother bought yesterday.
(Which,That)
-WHEN: fechas (=cuando)
e.g.: she got married last year. I found my job then.
She got married last year when I found my job.
-WHERE: lugar (=donde)
e.g.: They went to Madrid. They bought a car there.
They went to Madrid where they bought a car.
-WHO: Personas (=quien)
e.g.: The man is my neighbour. He has a yellow car.
The man, who has a yellow car, is my neighbour.
-WHICH: cosas (=que)
e.g.: My brother has got a beautiful bike. It is white and blue.
My brother has got a beautiful bike which is white and blue
-WHOSE: posesión (=cuyo/a)
e.g.: Helen works for my company. Her bag is enormous.

Helen, whose bag is enormous, works for my company.