5. The absolutes _ceci_, _cela_ serve only to point out objects:

Prenez ceci, _take this_. Rendez-moi cela, _give me that back_.

§ 29. RELATIVE PRONOUNS.

1. Qui, _who_, _which_ (nominative). de qui, _of, from whom_,}

que, _whom_, _which_ (accusative). dont, _of, from whom_; _which_,}

genitive and

ablative.

à qui, _to whom_ (dative).

2. SINGULAR. PLURAL.

MASCULINE. FEMININE. MASCULINE. FEMININE.

lequel, laquelle, lesquels, lesquelles, _who_, _which_.

duquel, de laquelle, desquels, desquelles, _of, from which_.

auquel, à laquelle, auxquels, auxquelles, _to which_.

y, _to it_, _of it_, etc. en, _of it_, _of them_, etc.

quoi, _what_, _which_, _why_, etc.

3. _Qui_ stands generally for persons or things in the nominative; thus

it is invariable:

Le monsieur _qui_ entra le premier était mon père,

_The gentleman who entered first was my father._

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