Definition of 関係代名詞 (かんけいだいめいし)

かんけいだいめいし

関係代名詞

かんけいだいめいし

kankeidaimeishi

noun
•
relative pronoun(linguistics)
Related Kanji
関 connection, barrier, gateway, involve, concerning
係 person in charge, connection, duty, concern oneself
代 substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
名 name, noted, distinguished, reputation
詞 part of speech, words, poetry
Example sentences(showing 5 results)

ちゅうがくせい
中学生
えいご
英語
まな
学ぶ
さい
際
さい
最
なんかん
難関
ひと
一つ
かんけいだいめいし
関係代名詞
One of the greatest hurdles facing middle school students learning English is relative pronouns

The problem quoted isn't one, but there are problems in the reading section that ask you to distinguish relative pronouns from relative adverbs

、
ぜんちし
前置詞
+
かんけいだいめいし
関係代名詞
which
ぶぶん
部分
かんけいふくし
関係副詞
where
However, the preposition+relative pronoun (which) part becomes a relative adverb (where)

かんけいだいめいし
関係代名詞
「
せつぞくし
接続詞
+
だいめいし
代名詞
」
Relative pronouns perform as 'conjunction + pronoun'

かんけいだいめいし
関係代名詞
that
、
しゅかく
主格
、
もくてきかく
目的格
、
しょゆうかく
所有格
The relative pronoun 'that' has two states, a nominative case and objective case, but there is no possessive case