Relative pronouns: que, quem, onde, cujo/cuja

QUE - The Universal Relative Pronoun

Que = that, which, who (covers almost everything)

Uses for "que":

• People: O homem que chegou (The man who arrived)

• Things: O livro que comprei (The book that I bought)

• Ideas: A ideia que tive (The idea that I had)

• Animals: O cachorro que late (The dog that barks)

Key rule: Can't omit "que" like English omits "that"

• English: The book (that) I bought ✓

Daily Conversations with QUE

• "Esse é o restaurante que te falei" (This is the restaurant (that) I told you about)

• "A pessoa que mora ao lado é médica" (The person who lives next door is a doctor)

• "O filme que assistimos era ótimo" (The movie (that) we watched was great)

• "Tudo que você precisa está aqui" (Everything (that) you need is here)

Using QUEM After Prepositions

• "Aquela é a professora com quem estudei" (That's the teacher with whom I studied)

• "O rapaz de quem falávamos chegou" (The young man about whom we were talking arrived)

• "As pessoas em quem mais confio" (The people in whom I trust most)

• "Não conheço a pessoa para quem ligou" (I don't know the person to whom you called)

Que for people after prepositions

Increasingly common colloquially:

• Traditional: "com quem"

• Modern: "que... com ele/ela"

Onde for time expressions

Common error, but spreading:

• Wrong: "O dia onde"

• Right: "O dia em que"

• But heard: "O momento onde"

Cujo becoming extinct