The Pronom relative is nothing but the connectors. It is used to properly identify the person or thing being referred to. And to connect the relative clause to the main clause and also to replace the subject, direct object, indirect object, prepositions.

There are 5 relative pronouns.

They are:

QUI, QUE, ÒU, DON’T, LE QUEL

Qui:(who/which)

Refers to people or things used as a subject of a dependant clause. When Qui becomes the subject then it is always followed by a conjugated verb.

Ex: La femme qui danse est une actrice.

(The woman who dances is an actress)

Que: (that/which)

Refers to people or things. It is used as the direct object of a clause, Que is always followed by a subject and “not a verb”.

Ex: Le film que j’adore s’appelle Titanic.

(The movie that I love is called Titanic)

Òu: (where)

This is used to indicate a place or a time.

Ex: C’est l’hôpital de Cluny òu je suis né.

(This is the Cluny hospital where I was born)

Dont: (whose/whom/which)

Refers to people or things. It replaces “de” + an object in a relative clause. Like: parler de, avoir besion de, avoir peur de, avoir soif de etc…

Ex: Les étudiants, dont je connais le professeur, sont bien élevés.

(The students whose teacher I know, are well behaved)

Le quel: (which)

Replaces a preposition (except de) and an object in a relative clause. We need to make sure that the pronoun agrees in both number and also gender.

Ex: Une langue est un moyen à travers le quel ses usagers sont autorisés à voir le monde.

(A language ia a means through which it’s users are allowed to see the world)