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Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / 62 The Friend I Saw: Relave Clauses 363 / 600

Obući ću nešto A [u čemu DL se osjećam udobno]. I’ll put on something [I feel

comfortable in].

Here, we have the u¨ + DL combination, and DL of što is čem(u). If we use an

indefinite pronoun that refers to a person, we have to use forms of tko who:

poznavati

Ovdje je netko N [koga A poznaješ]. Here’s somebody [you know].

Here, the form koga is the accusative form of tko who (refer to 28 Asking Who and

What), but its form coincides with shorter forms of koji; not so in nominative:

Ovdje je netko N [tko N će ti DL pomoći]. Here’s somebody [who will help you]. 2

When you append a relative clause to the adjective/pronoun sav (spec. forms)

all/everything/everyone, normal relative clauses are used with plural forms, but with

neuter singular forms (meaning all, everything), što is used:

Došli su svi N [koje A smo pozvali]. Everyone [we invited] came.

Ovo N je sve N [što A imam]. This is all [I have]. ®

The same applies to the past form ostali (check 52 Stand, Become, Exist, Cease),

doći past-mpl

when used as an adjective which is used as a pronoun, and to other adjectives-usedas-pronouns,

such as:

prvi the first person

prvo the first thing

zadnji the last person

zadnje the last thing

(Don’t forget these are just forms of adjectives in various genders, so they change

like an adjective!) For example:

Ovo N je zadnje N [što A ću kupiti]. This is the last thing [I’m going to buy]. ®

This table summarizes which form of relative clause is used in various situations:

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