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Relative Pronouns

damair r’rabt — kelmat b7al ‘li’ f darija

3lach had dars?

Exercise thabet f exam: joining sentences.

  1. 9A3IDA — 7FED GHI HADI
  • Who = l’3ibad (nas) | which = l’7ajat/7ayawan | that = bjouj (informal)
  • Whose = dyal (milkiya) | where = blasa | when = wa9t | why = sabab
  • Whom = l’3ibad (object (li tterat lih l’7aja), formal): the man whom I met
  • L’qa3ida: relative pronoun (damir: I, he, she) kaymchi mobacharatan mn be3d l’ism li kaywsfo.
  • 3andak: ma t3awedch subject (li kaydir l’fi3l). ‘The man who he lives…’ ghalet -> ‘the man who lives…’
  1. MITAL — CHOUF KIFACH KAYTKTEB The man who lives next door is a doctor. The book which I bought is interesting. The girl whose father is rich… This is the school where I studied.

⚠ 3ANDAK! whose = milkiya (dyal), machi ‘who is’. Ma tkhaletch bin whose w who’s.

  1. TAMARINE — 7ELL B 9LEM
1. The man ____ helped me is my uncle.10. The phone ____ I use is old.
2. The car ____ I bought is red.11. People ____ smoke can get cancer.
3. The woman ____ bag was stolen called the police.12. The teacher ____ explains well is mr Ali.
4. This is the house ____ I was born.13. The city ____ I live is Casablanca.
5. The students ____ passed are happy.14. The girl ____ I met yesterday is a nurse.
6. I remember the day ____ we met.15. The keys ____ are on the table are mine.
7. The film ____ we saw was boring.16. The man ____ son is a pilot lives here.
8. The boy ____ won the prize is my friend.17. The shop ____ sells books is closed.
9. That’s the reason ____ he left.18. Join: I know a girl. She speaks Chinese. -> ____

Before you leave this lesson

  1. Explain the main rule in your own words.
  2. Redo the examples without looking at the correction.
  3. Write one new example using the same pattern.
  4. Move to the previous or next lesson and connect the two rules.
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