Relative Pronouns
関係代名詞（かんけいだいめいし）
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DEFINITION: A relative pronoun (who/which/that) connects a group of words to nouns or other pronouns. For example, "The student who studies English can speak well." The RP 'who' connects the subject (student) to the verb (studies) within the Relative Clause. The RP is the hint that starts a Relative Clause. The easiest way to understand a Relative Clause is that it's a phrase that can be removed from a sentence and the sentence still makes sense: "The student can speak well."
As far as choosing correctly between 'which/that', the general rule of thumb is 'which' introduces clauses that can be removed from the sentence without changing the essential meaning of the sentence. A 'which clause' is often set off with a comma or a pair of commas. On the flipside, 'that' clauses are usually deemed indispensable for the meaning of a sentence and are not set off with commas.
RULES TO TRANSLATING RP SENTENCES (訳し方の黄金のルール)
1. Find and circle the word/phrase right before the RP.
まず文中のwho / which / that cを見つけ、その直前の単語に〇をつける。
2. Starting with the RP, underline the sentence until you reach the second verb or the end of the sentence. In this example sentence, we underlined to the 'end of the sentence'.
who / which / that から始め、二つめの動詞orピリオドまで線を引く。
3. Draw an arrow from the underlined area to the circle.
その線から〇の単語に向け、→を書く。
4. Excluding the underlined area, find the sentence's main verb and put a forward slash (/) on either side of it.
(本当の動詞を線をつけた以外の部分から探し、前後にスラッシュ (/）。
5. Draw a squiggly line starting from the beginning of the sentence to the first slash and write は below the slash.
文頭から一本目のスラッシュまで波線を引き最後に・・・は／という形にする。
6. Finally, translate the sentence to Japanese starting from the beginning of the sentence, following your markings, but keep in mind Japanese verbs are placed at the end.
彼女は 大きな目がある猫を飼っている。
she large eyes has a cat has 全体を順番に則って訳す。
全体を順番に則って訳す。
TWO MORE PRACTICE EXAMPLES:
この手紙を書いた女性はマリです。 これらはあなたのお母さんが作った人形ですか。
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Man Who Sold The World, The: A 2 part game where students listen to Nirvana's "The Man Who Sold The World" and answer questions followed by a guessing game of famous people.
Movie Star: Students play as movie directors and choose their classmates for different roles. Then they interview each other to find out what they want to do in the movie.
That/Which Matching: Students enjoy matching two parts of a sentence together using relative pronouns.
This Is a Worksheet: Students receive half of a sentence and they must write the missing relative clauses.
Who is Famous: Students use the relative pronoun 'who' to give hints to their partners. Their partners then try to guess who the famous person is.
Who Which That: Groups race to turn Japanese Relative Clause sentences into English ones.
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