Back to INDEX Relative pronouns As subjects As direct objects With “de” (dont) With other prepositions Time and space (où) Relative pronouns are used to join two sentences, such as:…
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The relative pronoun dont replaces the preposition de plus a person or thing and serves as the object of a relative clause. Depending on the context, dont has a number of possible translations. - Lawless French
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Look at these sentences using the pronoun dont:
Note that the construction with dont is similar to the one with whose in English. Although whose tends to be less used with inanimate objects in English, dont is actually the idiomatic way to express this in French.
In French, dont replaces the possessive expression possession + de:
La sœur de Marc -> Marc, dont la sœur est journaliste, ...
Marc's sister -> Marc, whose sister is a journalist, ....
Unlike in English, you can find cases when dont and the possession are separated by a verb, for example:
When the owner is a person, you can alternatively use de qui as well as dont: however de qui is much less common and doesn't sound nearly as good in French.
ATTENTION:
In the context of possession (whose), you won't use duquel, de laquelle, desquels nor desquelles.
See also , and
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What are French relative pronouns and how do I use them to sound more fluent in French? Here we'll explain how to use dont, qui, que, lequel and où.
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Knowing when to use dont in French is something that a lot of French students struggle with. Fortunately, using it correctly is actually quite easy and can be learned with just a little bit of practice. In order for you to really internalize when and where to use dont let’s go over some easy explanations [...]
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French Grammar tips for Que or dont? - French lessons by Frantastique
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Do you know how to use the relative pronoun "Dont" ? Learn how to in our article or in our video made by alpha.b French school
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