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Grammar
Objective: Apply the duquel, desquels, and desquelles forms after compound prepositions, and distinguish them from dont in complex sentences.
| Antecedent | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| masculine singular | duquel | L'auteur duquel je parle. |
| feminine singular | de laquelle | La ville de laquelle je viens. |
| masculine plural | desquels | Les projets desquels je parle. |
| feminine plural | desquelles | Les villes desquelles ils viennent. |
| masculine singular, compound preposition | duquel | Le bâtiment près duquel je travaille. |
| feminine plural, compound preposition | desquelles | Les voisines à côté desquelles je travaille. |
Dont cannot follow another preposition, so a compound preposition ending in de requires the duquel family.
De and lequel contract to duquel, so the bare sequence de lequel never appears in French.
The antecedent auteur is masculine singular, so the contraction produces duquel.
The feminine singular antecedent takes de laquelle with no contraction.
The masculine plural antecedent takes desquels, the contracted form of de and lesquels.
The feminine plural antecedent takes desquelles. The adjective lointaines agrees with the same antecedent.
The compound preposition près de requires the contracted form duquel, and dont would not fit.
7 exercises · about 11 minutes
The antecedent collègue is feminine singular, so the variable relative pronoun takes the form laquelle. The preposition avec does not combine with de.
The compound preposition à côté de cannot be completed by dont, so the variable relative pronoun desquels is required.
The compound preposition à côté de takes the feminine singular form de laquelle with no contraction.
The compound preposition au cours de takes the feminine singular de laquelle, since the antecedent réunion is feminine.
The compound preposition à la suite de takes the feminine plural form desquelles.