Quem de vocês tem dúvidas?
A Nuts de hoje, cuja inspiração vem da dúvida do
assinante Diego Balzanello, explica o uso dos pronomes relativos "who", "whom"
e whose" a quem estiver interessado. (Thanks, Diego, for your
participation and question!)
Did you notice the underlined words above? They are who,
whose, and whom, called relative pronouns and their
function is to connect ideas and phrases.
Who of you has questions?
Today's Nuts, whose inspiration comes from a subscriber's question,
explains the use of relative pronouns to whom is
interested.
Observe the examples:
(a) Greg is an elephant keeper. ( + ) He keeps miniature elephants in his bedroom.
Greg is an elephant keeper who keeps
miniature elephants in his bedroom.
que/subject pronoun
(b) This is Greg. ( + ) His elephants came from India.
This is Greg whose elephants came from India.
cujo/possessive pronoun
(c) This is Tom. ( + )
Greg buys elephants from him.
This is Tom, from whom Greg
buys elephants.
de quem/object pronoun
(usamos "whom" quando a frase tem preposição ou pronome objeto. Neste caso,
preposição "from" devido ao pronome objeto "him").
Whom should we call? (= we should call
him = pronome objeto)
Para lembrar:
Use "who":
==> Quando em português seria
"que" (usado para pessoas; use "that" para animais e coisas).
Paul is the guy who I hired yesterday.
Paul é o cara que eu contratei ontem.
==> E em frases interrogativas, desde
que a resposta possa ser feita com nome ou pronome pessoal (I, he, she, we...) e não pronome objeto
(me, him, her, us...).
Exemplo:
Who has questions?
Possible answers: I have; She has; They have... = I, she, and they are
personal pronouns, so we use "who" in the question.
Use "whom"
==> Quando em português seria "para
quem, a quem; quando tem função de objeto e não de sujeito.
==> Quando a frase contém preposição
ou pronome objeto (me, her, him, you, us, them)
Exemplo:
I don't know to whom I will give all this money! (to whom = preposition +
whom)
I am in doubt about whom I should choose for the speech. (I should choose
him, her, all of them... = pronomes objetos. Also, preposition "about").
==> E em frases interrogativas,
desde que a resposta possa ser feita com pronome objeto (me, him, her, them, us...) e não
pronome pessoal (I, he, she, we, ...)
Whom can I take with me in this trip?
Possible answers: You can take her; you can take him, you
can take us all ... = her, him, us are object pronouns, so we use
"whom" in the question.
Use "whose" em casos possessivos, quando seria "cujo/a" em
português.
These cars, whose ex-owners are deceased, are being sold for almost nothing!
Estes carros, cujos ex-proprietários são falecidos, estão sendo
vendidos por quase nada!
That's it folks! Still in trouble?? Ask me and we will find the light! :-D
Have a great day!
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