Relative
Spanish: AQA A Level, topic 15.5.1
Relativos - Relative
Relative adjectives relate to words which associate the noun with someone.
Relative adjectives
- Relative adjectives introduce a subordinate sentence.
- They associate the noun with someone.
- cuyo, cuya, cuyos, cuyas - whose
Examples
- El niño, cuya madre es vecina mía, decidió jugar con los niños del barrio de al lado.
- The child, whose mother is my neighbour, decided to play with the children from the neighbouring district.
- La estudiante, cuya profesora es muy buena amiga mía, consiguió muy buenas notas al final de su carrera universitaria.
- The student, whose teacher is a very good friend of mine, achieved very good grades at the end of her university degree.
More examples
- La chica italiana, cuyos padres nacieron en Argelia, decidieron integrarse en la comunidad valenciana.
- The Italian girl, whose parents were born in Algeria, decided to integrate themselves into the Valencian community.
- Las niñas españolas cuyas amigas venían de Perú decidieron aprender Quechua, la lengua nativa de Perú.
- The Spanish girls, whose friends came from Peru, decided to learn Quechua, the native language of Peru.
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