A concise and simplified grammar of the Spanish language

INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS. 49
140. Also if whom be repeated in a sentence, it may be
either translated á quien, or al cual : the latter is generally
preferred when we wish to individualise an object : Ex.
El hombre á quien hablamos, y d The man to whom we spoke, and
quien, or al cual dimos la no- to whom we gave the news,
ticia.
141. Cuyo partakes of the nature both of a relative and
a possessive Pronoun ; as a relative, it relates to as an antecedent,
and as a possessive Pronoun it refers to the person
or thing possessed ; in which latter capacity it agrees in
number and gender with the person or thing possessed, and
not with the possessor : Ex.
El hombre cuyo sombrero es este. The man whose hat this is.
Los autores cuyas obras he leído. The authors whose works I have
read.
142. Relatives are expressed in Spanish where they are
frequently omitted in English : Ex.
La casa que fuimos á, ver. The house we went to see.
Las instituciones de que hablaron. The institutions they spoke of.
143. The relative in English does not invariably /oiZow
the Preposition by which it is governed ; as, for instance.
The gentleman whom / wrote to ; The persons which you
speak of. In Spanish, however, it must immediately follow
the Preposition by which it is governed ; as, El caballero á
quien escribí, Las personas de quienes habla Vmd.
INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS.
144. These are Relative Pronouns, used interrogatively,
as follows : Ex.
¿ Quien es ? Who is it ?
¿ Cual es de Vmd. ? Which is yours?
¿ Qué es aquello ? What is that ?
¿ Cuya es esta casa? Whose house is this ?