Relative clauses con where/whose/whom
1. Se puede usar where para hacer referencia a lugares.
The house where we lived was very big. La casa donde vivíamos era muy grande.
2. Se usa whom para hacer referencia a personas en frases donde es el objeto del verbo ver relative clauses 2.
Si se usa una preposición con whom tiene que ir antes de la palabra whom.
The person who I wanted to see was French
Las dos frases significan lo mismo el único diferencia es que whom es mas formal y se usa menos.
The person who I spoke to was French.
Aquí el significado de las frases es lo mismo pero hay que estar atento a la posición de la preposición to.
3. Se usa whose en vez de his/her/their en relative clauses
We spoke to a woman. Her bag had been stolen. Hablamos con una mujer. Su bolso habia sido robado.
We spoke to a woman whose bag had been stolen. Hablamos con una mujer cuyo bolso habia sido robado.
I saw the man. His dog had died.
I saw the man whose dog had died.
Ejercicio:
2. This is the person. I saw him last night. (whom)
3. I saw friend yesterday. Her brother lives in Spain.(whose)
4. This is the house. I was born there. (where)
5. She is the woman. I wanted to see. (whom)
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