Relative pronoun and relative clause review

Relative pronoun and relative clause review

by Sonja Mack

​The chart for qui, quae, quod

​https://dcc.dickinson.edu/grammar/latin/relative-interrogative-and-indefinite-pronouns

Multiple Choice

genitive singular neuter

• cui

• qui

• quorum

• cuius

Multiple Choice

nominative plural fem

• qua

• quae

• qui

• quas

Multiple Select

Which forms are dative? choose all that apply

• cui

• quo

• quorum

• quibus

Multiple Select

What forms are NOT accusative?  Choose all that apply.

• quem

• quae

• quarum

• quos

• cuius

​What do relative clauses do?

​Relative clauses describe the antecedent.

Relative clauses start with the relative pronoun (including any preposition governing the relative pronoun).

​They usually end with the first verb following the relative pronoun.

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​Cornelius quem Anna interfecit Liviae gemmas donaverat.

​The clause is quem Anna interfecit.

​Examples

​Cornelius quem Anna interfecit Liviae gemmas donaverat.

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​The relative pronoun is quem - masc sing because its antecedent is Cornelius (masc singular).

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​The clause is quem Anna interfecit.

​Relative clauses start with the relative pronoun (including any preposition governing the relative pronoun).

​They usually end with the first verb following the relative pronoun

Multiple Choice

Choose the relative clause from the sentence:  

Marcus et Publius quos Cornelius non amavit gemmas surripuerunt.

• Marcus et Publius

  quos

• quos Cornelius 

• quos Cornelius non amavit

• quos Cornelius non amavit gemmas surripuerunt

Multiple Choice

Sabini quibuscum Romulus pugnaverat fiebant Romani.

Choose the relative clause.

• quibuscum Romulus

• quibuscum Romulus puganverat

• fiebant Romani

• Sabini quibuscum Romulus pugnaverat

​How do relative pronouns agree?

​The relative pronoun matches its antecedent in GENDER and NUMBER

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​NOT in CASE

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​Case is determined by the use in the clause

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​Examples

​Cornelius quem Anna interfecit Liviae gemmas donaverat.

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​The relative pronoun is quem - masc sing because its antecedent is Cornelius (masc singular).

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​The clause is quem Anna interfecit.

​The case of quem is accusative because it is the direct object of the clause.

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​The sentence is translated Cornelius whom Anna killed had given the gems to LIvia.

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​Examples

​Pallentium in quo Evander regnaverat erit Roma quam Romulus et Remus condiderunt.

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​two relative clauses -

​1st - in quo Evander regnaverat - the antecedent is Pallentium

​quo is ablative (place where-use) singular & neuter - antecedent

​2nd - quam Romulus et Remus condiderunt - Roma is the antecedent

​ quam is accusative (direct object -use) singular & feminine - antecedent

Multiple Choice

What word is the antecedent?

Puellae quas Romulus surripi iussit erant Sabinae.

• puellae

• Sabinae

• Romulus

• quas

Multiple Choice

What case is the relative pronoun?

Puellae quas Romulus surripi iussit erant Sabinae.

• nominative

• accusative

• ablative

• dative

Multiple Choice

The relative clause is __________?

Puellae quas Romulus surripi iussit erant Sabinae.

• Puellae erant Sabinae

• Romulus surripi iussit

• quas Romulus surripi iussit

• Puellae quas Romulus surripi

Fill in the Blanks

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​Quid egisti?

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