連上代詞 RELATIVE PRONOUN
qui quae quod [who, which, that]
單數 |
陽類 |
陰類 |
中類 |
主格 |
qui |
quae |
quod |
屬格 |
cuius |
cuius |
cuius |
與格 |
cui |
cui |
cui |
賓格 |
quem |
quam |
quod |
奪格 |
quo |
qua |
quo |
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複數 |
陽類 |
陰類 |
中類 |
主格 |
qui |
quae |
quae |
屬格 |
quorum |
quarum |
quorum |
與格 |
quibus |
quibus |
quibus |
賓格 |
quos |
quas |
quae |
奪格 |
quibus |
quibus |
quibus |
The gender and number of a relative pronoun are determined by its antecedent, the case, however, by its use in its own clause.
vir qui librum tibi dedit te laudavit. [The man who gave you the book praised you.]
vir cuius librum Caecilius tibi dedit te laudavit. [The man whose book Caecilius gave you prasied you.]
vir cui Caecilius librum dedit te laudavit. [The man to whom Caecilius gave the book praised you.]
femina quam laudas est docta. [The woman whom you are praising is talented.]
homo de quo dicebas est amicus carus. [The man about whom you were speaking is a dear friend.]
疑問形容詞 INTERROGATIVE ADJECTIVE
qui quae quod [what? which? what sort of?].
Its forms are identical to those of the relative pronoun, except that quis is occasionally substituted as the nominative singular of qui and quae.
qui venti cursum tibi dederunt? [Which winds gave you your course?]
cuius libri fuit Cicero auctor? [Of which gook was Cicero the author?]
cui amico librum dederunt? [To which friend did they give the book?]
quem librum tibi dedit? [Which book did he give you?]
quod praemium dedit? [What reward did he give?]