Îòíîñèòåëüíîå ìåñòîèìåíèå ïðèñîåäèíÿåò ïðèäàòî÷íîå îïðåäåëèòåëüíîå ïðåäëîæåíèå.
 àíãëèéñêîì ÿçûêå åñòü ñëåäóþùèå îòíîñèòåëüíûå ìåñòîèìåíèÿ: who, which, that è what. Ó ìåñòîèìåíèÿ who åñòü 2 äðóãèå ôîðìû whose è whom.
Who èñïîëüçóåòñÿ,
åñëè îïðåäåëÿåìîå
ñëîâî - ÷åëîâåê.
That èñïîëüçóåòñÿ
êàê äëÿ ëþäåé,
òàê è äëÿ ïðåäìåòîâ.
Which èñïîëüçóåòñÿ
ïðè îïðåäåëíèè
ïðåäìåòîâ.
He is the boy who
won the award.
This is the cat that (or which) was lost.
She is the girl that won the award.
Åñëè îòíîñèòåëüíîå ìåñòîèìåíèå ñëèâàåòñÿ ñ ever èëè soever, îíî íàçûâàåòñÿ ñëîæíûì îòíîñèòåëüíûì ìåñòîèìåíèåì (compound relative pronoun).
| whoever | whosoever | whichsoever |
| whomever | whatsoever | whomsoever |
| whatever | whosesoever | whichever |
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