PROPOZITIA RELATIVA
Este introdusa printr-un pronume relativ (who, whom, whose, which sau that) sau printr-un adverb relative (when, where sau why) dupa cum urmeaza:
PRONUMELE RELATIVE:
Folosit pentru
Subiectul verbului din relativa
Complementul verbului din relativa (poate fi omis)
Posesia (poate fi omis)
PERSOANE
WHO/ THAT
A secretary is a person who/that works in an office.
WHO/ WHOM/ THAT
He’s the man (who/ that/ whom) I met at the party.
WHOSE
That is my teacher whose son moved to Italy.
OBIECTE/ ANIMALE
WHICH/THAT
Give me the book which/ that is near you.
WHICH/ THAT
Have a look at the books (which/ that) I bought yesterday.
WHOSE/ OF WHICH
That’s the palace whose garden/ the garden of which is amazing.
ADVERBELE RELATIVE:
TIMP
WHEN (IN/ ON/ AT WHICH)
I’ll never forget the day (when) I first met my best friend, Amy.
LOC
WHERE (IN/ AT/ ON/ TO WHICH)
The place where I was born is at the countryside.
CAUZA/MOTIV
WHY (FOR WHICH)
That’s the reason (why)s he is always late.
REGULI:
WHO, WHOM, WHICH sau THAT pot fi omise atunci cand sunt complementul propozitiei relative, adica atunci cand intre pronumele relativ si verbul propozitiei relative este un substantive sau un pronume cu functie de subiect: He’s the man (who/ that/ whom) I met at the party. Have a look at the books (which/ that) I bought yesterday. Cand acestea sunt subiectul propozitie relative, nu pot fi omise: A secretary is a person who/that works in an office. Give me the book which/ that is near you.
WHOM, WHICH sau WHOSE pot fi folosite cu expresii ca: some of, many of, all of, a few of, none of, half of etc.: She bought a lot of dresses. Only a few of them were nice. – She bought a lot of dresses, only a few of which were nice.
WHAT poate fi folosi atat ca subiect sau complement pentru a sublinia un cuvant sau o expresie: They did what she asked them.
THAT poate si folosit ca inlocuitor al lui WHO si WHICH, dar nu se scrie niciodata intre virgule: He’s my friend who/that won the first prize. That blue car, which is new, is my sister’s. (NU: THAT)
THAT poate sa urmeze dupa superlative si cuvinte ca: something, anything, all, none, many si few. There’s something that I don’t understand. That’s all that we need for the party.
PROPOZITIA RELATIVA DEFINITA (DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSE)
Ofera informatii necesare pentru sensul propozitiei principale. Nu se scrie intre virgule: The new colleague who/that plays football is my best friend.
PROPOZITIA RELATIVA NEDEFINITA (NON- DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSE)
Ofera informatii extra care nu sunt esentiale pentru sensul propozitiei principale. Se scrie intre virgule: Mrs. Jameson, who teaches French, is a very nice person.