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Grammar
Objective: Apply lequel, laquelle, lesquels, and lesquelles as relative pronouns, recognise their contracted forms with à and de, and use them to disambiguate complex sentences.
| Gender and number | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| masculine singular | lequel | L'homme avec lequel je travaille. |
| feminine singular | laquelle | La femme avec laquelle je travaille. |
| masculine plural | lesquels | Les hommes avec lesquels je travaille. |
| feminine plural | lesquelles | Les femmes avec lesquelles je travaille. |
Faire référence à takes the preposition à, so the relative pronoun must be auquel, not que. The contraction of à and lequel produces the combined form.
After a preposition, que cannot be used as a relative pronoun. With a human antecedent, qui is the standard form, and laquelle is the formal alternative.
The antecedent l'homme is masculine singular, so the relative pronoun after avec is lequel.
The feminine antecedent takes the feminine form laquelle. The preposition avec does not contract.
Faire référence à takes the preposition à, and the contraction with lequel produces auquel.
Écrire à takes the preposition à, and the plural masculine antecedent produces auxquels.
The feminine singular antecedent takes laquelle. The preposition à does not contract with the feminine form.
7 exercises · about 11 minutes
The antecedent collègues is masculine plural, so the relative pronoun takes the masculine plural form lesquels. The feminine form lesquelles would apply only to a group made entirely of women.
Personnes is feminine plural, so the contracted form takes the feminine ending and becomes auxquelles, not auquel.
The preposition pour takes the simple form lequel with no contraction.
The masculine plural antecedent takes lesquels. The adjective compétents agrees with the same antecedent.
Assister à takes the preposition à, and the feminine singular antecedent produces à laquelle with no contraction.