Lesson 57 of 69 · B1, Unit 2: Complex sentences
Relative clauses
German relative pronouns look almost exactly like the definite articles: der, die, das, die. The gender and number come from the noun being described; the case comes from the pronoun's role inside the relative clause.
Like other subordinate clauses, a relative clause sends its verb to the end and is always set off by commas: Der Mann, der dort steht, ist mein Lehrer.
By the end you can:
- form relative clauses in the nominative and accusative
- use dative relative pronouns, including the plural denen
- use relative pronouns after prepositions
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