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Grammar
Objective: Identify the direct object role of que inside a relative clause, join two sentences that share a noun, and distinguish que from qui.
| Pattern | Role | Example | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| que + subject + verb (thing) | direct object of a relative clause | Le livre que je lis | the book that I am reading |
| que + subject + verb (person) | direct object of a relative clause | L'homme que je vois | the man that I see |
| qu' + vowel-initial subject | elided form before a vowel | Le film qu'il a vu | the film that he saw |
Que replaces the direct object of the relative clause, while qui replaces the subject. Here the book receives the action of being read.
The man performs the action of speaking, so the relative pronoun is the subject qui, not the object que.
Que replaces the direct object of lis, and the subject je appears between the relative pronoun and the verb.
Que can refer to a person when that person is the direct object of the relative clause.
The relative clause que tu connais modifies la fille. The subject tu sits between que and the verb.
Que elides to qu' before the vowel-initial subject il. The elision is mandatory.
The relative clause uses the passé composé. Que is the direct object, and the past participle agrees with the preceding direct object.
6 exercises · about 9 minutes
Que elides to qu' before a vowel-initial word. The elision is mandatory, so que il is never correct.
Parler à takes an indirect object, so this verb needs à qui instead of que, and the redundant lui disappears along with it.
Que elides to qu' before elle. The relative clause has its own subject, elle.
The plural antecedent les livres is the direct object of lisons, so the relative pronoun is que.
Que elides to qu' before on. The past participle prise agrees with the preceding direct object.