How to say relative pronouns (who, whom, which, of which, whose, etc) in Chinese language?
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who:谁 often is used to stand for subject
whom:谁 often is used to stand for object
which:哪一个 often is used to ask questions
of which:no concrete translation in chinese."of which" lead clause in english,but in chinese,we often use compound sentence
whose:谁的
ex:who are you? 你是谁?or你是哪位?
he have three sons,two of whom are doctors. 他有三个儿子,其中两位是医生.
which answer is correct? 哪一个答案是正确的?
whose pen is this?这是谁的钢笔?
We have gathered nearly 100,000 quilts,of which up to half have gone to flood-hit areas.我们已经收集了十万条被子,一多半已送往洪区。
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Hi thelmaresmi. There are no relative pronouns in Mandarin Chinese.
The Mandarin Chinese has three kinds of pronouns:
1.personal pronoun (人稱代詞)
2.interrogative pronoun (疑問代詞)
3.demonstrative pronoun (指示代詞)
Not all relative clauses contain relative pronouns. Some languages, such as Mandarin Chinese, do not have relative pronouns at all, and form relative clauses (or their equivalents) by different methods – these are described in detail in the article on relative clauses. (from Wikipedia)
When translate a sentence to Chinese, in most cases,you can use ' relative clause + 的 + noun' to express your idea.
For example:
This is the house that Jack built.
這是Jack建的房子。
"This is the house" --> "這是房子"
"that Jack built" --> "Jack建的"
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who, whom, which, of which, whose
谁,谁,哪一个,的哪一个,谁的……
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who, whom, which, of which, whose, etc means谁,谁,哪一个,xx的,谁的,例如。
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