What are "oraciones de relativo"?

Question

I have to write a paragraph using them but I don't know what they are!

Yeah... relative sentences...... but what ARE they???

Just so you know, I didn't choose the word "oraciones". My teacher did.

Answer 1

Hi, una oración de relativo is a subordinate relative clause, it is a sentence, usually between comas, or starting by que / el cual - that adds or explains some data related to the main clause or subject:

FOR EXAMPLE A SUBORDINATE CLAUSE STARTING WITH THAT, WHICH, WHO, or one that just states something more between comas.

Mi hermano, que es capitan de infanteria, es un hombre muy serio

Mi hermano, el capitan de infanteria, es un hombre muy serio

Spanish relative promuouns that ccan be use to do relative clauses:
Relative pronouns
Que
El que
El cual
Quién
Donde, adonde, como & cuando
Cuyo


Check the whole number 7 Relative pronouns:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_pronouns

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SANTIAGO

PS: Definition
A relative clause is a subordinate clause that modifies a noun. For example, the noun phrase the man who wasn't there contains the noun man, which is modified by the relative clause who wasn't there. In many languages, relative clauses are introduced by a special class of pronouns called relative pronouns; in the previous example, who is a relative pronoun. In other languages, relative clauses may be marked in different ways: they may be introduced by a special class of conjunctions called relativizers; the main verb of the relative clause may appear in a special morphological variant; or a relative clause may be indicated by word order alone. In some languages, more than one of these mechanisms may be possible.

The antecedent of the relative clause (that is, the noun that is modified by it) can in theory be the subject of the main clause, or its object, or any other verb argument. However, many languages do not have the possibility, or a straightforward syntactic pattern, to relativise arguments other than the core ones (subject and direct object).

Answer 2

You want sentences with relative clauses.
For example, The boy WHO___
The car THAT___
The cow WHICH__
The girl WHOSE ___
All the things in caps are relative pronouns introducing
your relative clause.
BTW. I don't like "oraciones" for English "sentences"
because "oraciones" means "prayers".
"Frases" is the more common word.

Answer 3

Relative sentences, relative clauses.