関係代名詞
かんけいだいめいし
Meanings
- Noun relative pronoun
Kanji
- 関 relate. Read as カン.
- 係 connection. Read as ケイ.
- 代 era. Read as ダイ.
- 名 name. Read as メイ.
- 詞 lyrics. Read as シ.
Example sentences
- 中学生が英語を学ぶ際の最難関の一つが関係代名詞です。
One of the greatest hurdles facing middle school students learning English is relative pronouns. - 関係代名詞のthatは、主格、目的格の2つであり、所有格はありません。
The relative pronoun 'that' has two states, a nominative case and objective case, but there is no possessive case. - 引用した問題ではありませんが、関係代名詞と関係副詞の使い分けを問う問題がリーディングセクションにはあります。
The problem quoted isn't one, but there are problems in the reading section that ask you to distinguish relative pronouns from relative adverbs. - 関係代名詞は「接続詞+代名詞」のはたらきをしています。
Relative pronouns perform as 'conjunction + pronoun'. - しかしながら、前置詞+関係代名詞whichの部分が関係副詞whereとなっています。
However, the preposition+relative pronoun (which) part becomes a relative adverb (where).