L'homme (le cheval, la vache, The man _who_ (the horse, cow,
etc.), qui est devant la maison. _which_) is in front of the
house.
La femme que je rencontre. La The lady _whom_ I meet. The cow
vache (le cheval) que je vends. (horse) _which_ I am selling.
La fille de l'avocat qui est ici. The daughter of the lawyer who
is here.
La fille de l'avocat, laquelle est The lawyer's daughter, who is
ici, est malade. here, is ill.
L'homme avec qui je parle. The man with whom I speak.
Le livre dans lequel j'étudie. The book in which I study.
Le magasin auquel je vais, duquel The store to which I go, from
je sors. which I come.
Je vous donnerai ce qui est ici, I'll give you what is here, what I
ce que j'ai trouvé. found.
Le livre (l'homme) dont je parle. The book of _which_ (the man
of _whom_) I speak.
L'homme dont le fils est mort. The man whose son is dead.
L'homme dont je connais le fils. The man whose son I know.
La femme au fils de laquelle The lady to whose son I was
j'écrivais. writing.
La ville dont je suis venu. The city whence I came.
Savez-vous de quoi s'agit? Do you know what it is about?
Donnez-moi de quoi écrire. Give me writing material.
Il n'a pas de quoi vivre. He has nothing to live on.
La ville où il se trouve. The city in which he is.
Le pays d'où il vient. The country from which he comes.
Etc. Etc.
A. 1. That man who is stopping before the picture, and whose
attitude shows contempt, is a celebrated painter. 2. There is the
picture that I like most.[1] 3. A horse that had no bit wouldn't
have his[2] mouth covered with foam. 4. The coachman whose horse
you saw didn't like the picture. 5. The man for whom he made the
picture was in the crowd. 6. Here is a salon in which you can
admire the pictures about which we were talking. 7. The bourgeois
has eaten all[3] he has. 8. I haven't anything[4] to write with.[4]
9. She has enough[4] to live on.[5] 10. The uncle saw which[6]
way the wind blew.[7] 11. The wife of the inventor, who (_i.e._
the wife) wrote me a letter, wishes to see me. 12. The machine
that we made use of was invented by Edison. 13. There is the
man with whose uncle I was walking. 14. He[8] is a man whose
opinion I respect. 15. That person whose aspect[9] is so severe
is the grenadier to whom the king spoke. 16. What made me mad,
was[10] that they invited me to a dinner at which I found several
of my relatives. 17. He fell dead at the moment when I freed my
arms. 18. This painter whose uncle I am is a famous man. 19.
There is nothing to be astonished about.[4] 20. The city from
which he comes is Lyons.
[Footnotes 1: le mieux. 2: la. 3: _supply "that which."_ 4: de
quoi. 5: _omit._ 6-7: de quoi il retournait. 8: Ce. 9: l'aspect.
10: c'est.]
B. Word Study. Find opposites of the following words in the anecdotes
included in this lesson: mauvais, recevoir, petit, sécurité, mal,
avant, court, fermer, laid, admiration, pauvre, mourir, près,
âgé, beaucoup, ignorer, demander, défendre de, commencement,
tranquille, lent, hardi, vieux.
Use these words and their opposites in original sentences.