Chapter 29: The Super Glue

Stop speaking like a robot. Connect your sentences with **Qui** (Who/Which), **Que** (That/Which), and **Où** (Where/When).

QUI

Subject Replacement

Replaces the person/thing DOING the action.

L'homme qui parle.

(The man who is speaking.)

QUE

Object Replacement

Replaces the person/thing RECEIVING the action.

Le livre que je lis.

(The book that I am reading.)

OÙ

Place or Time

Replaces "Where" or "When".

La ville où j'habite.

(The city where I live.)

Dialogue: Devine qui c'est ?

Emma describes a friend to Leo.

Emma

C'est un garçon qui porte des lunettes.

(It's a boy who wears glasses.)

C'est Paul ? Le garçon que je connais ?

(Is it Paul? The boy that I know?)

Leo

Emma

Non. C'est le garçon avec qui tu as joué au tennis au parc où on va souvent.

(No. It's the boy with whom you played tennis at the park where we go often.)

Le Coin Culturel: La Précision

French speakers love precision. While English speakers often omit the relative pronoun (e.g., "The book I read"), French speakers MUST use it ("Le livre que je lis"). You cannot skip the glue in French!

The Glue Test

1. C'est le professeur ____ est intelligent. (He is intelligent)

2. C'est la pomme ____ je mange. (I eat it)

3. C'est le moment ____ je suis arrivé. (The moment when)

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