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:github_url: https://git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ugg/src/branch/master/content/pronoun_relative.rst
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.. _pronoun_relative:
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Pronoun relative
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Glossary
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A **relative pronoun** introduces a relative clause and refers back to
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another nominal as its antecedent. Common **relative pronouns** are
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*who*, *whom*, *which* and *what*.
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A **relative pronoun** refers back to another nominal as it's antecedent
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and introduces a relative clause. *Who*, *whom*,\ *what* and *which* are
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common relative pronouns.
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ἐπίστευσαν τῇ γραφῇ καὶ τῷ λόγῳ **ὃν** εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς. (Jhn 2:22)
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they believed the Scripture and the word **which** Jesus said
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A **relative pronoun** always agrees with its antecedent in *gender* and
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*number*, but not in *case*. The *case* is determined by its function in
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the relative clause (see ###advanced).
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A *relative pronoun* sometimes takes on the same case as its antecedent,
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1) when it is in close proximity to its antecendent and 2) when the
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*relative pronoun* would normally be *accusative* but has been changed
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to match a *genitive* or *dative* antecedent.
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ὑμεῖς ἐστὲ οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν προφητῶν καὶ τῆς διαθήκης **ἧς** ὁ θεὸς διέθετο
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πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας ὑμῶν (Act 3:25)
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you are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant **which** God gave
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to our fathers
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In this verse, the **relative pronoun ἧς** *(of which)* is genitive, to
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match its antecedent, *τῆς διαθήκης (of the covenant)*, though it should
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be accusative ἥν *(which)* since it is the direct object of the verb
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(*διέθετο*, *[God] gave*).
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\*\*\ *The case of the *\ relative pronoun\* is determined by its
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function in the relative clause which may be
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(\*\**need to finish and provide examples). 1. object of the relative
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clause: *\ accusative\ * 1. subject of the relative clause:
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*\ nominative\ * 1. *\ dative\ * 1. *\ genitive\*
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