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3 Kijk, op deze foto zie je mijn vriendin Clara, ov<strong>er</strong> wie ik je v<strong>er</strong>telde.<br />

Look, in this photo you see my friend Clara, about whom I told you.<br />

4 Dat is de p<strong>er</strong>soon aan wie je moet vragen van welk p<strong>er</strong>ron de trein<br />

v<strong>er</strong>trekt.<br />

That’s the p<strong>er</strong>son whom you should ask from which platform the train<br />

is leaving.<br />

The relative pronoun wie is also used when th<strong>er</strong>e is not an explicit<br />

antecedent, as in English ‘whoev<strong>er</strong>’. In Dutch we often see this form in<br />

prov<strong>er</strong>bs. Examples:<br />

5 Wie niet horen wil, moet voelen.<br />

He/she who doesn’t want to listen, must feel.<br />

6 Wie zoet is krijgt lekk<strong>er</strong>s, wie stout is de roe.<br />

The sweet children will get sweets, the naughty ones will be punished<br />

(line from a St Nicholas song).<br />

7 Wie zich nog niet ingeschreven heeft, kan dat hi<strong>er</strong> nog doen.<br />

Whoev<strong>er</strong> has not yet regist<strong>er</strong>ed, can still do that h<strong>er</strong>e.<br />

Separation of the relative pronoun with<br />

waar + preposition<br />

All relative clauses are subordinated clauses. The conjugated v<strong>er</strong>b goes<br />

to the end. In a long<strong>er</strong> sentence, the relative pronoun with waar + preposition<br />

often gets separated, especially in speech. Neith<strong>er</strong> form is more<br />

correct, it is a matt<strong>er</strong> of pref<strong>er</strong>ence. Examples:<br />

Dit is het programma waarmee ik al mijn financiën doe.<br />

This is the program with which I do all my finances.<br />

Alt<strong>er</strong>native: Dit is het programma waar ik al mijn financiën mee doe.<br />

Kl<strong>er</strong>en zijn dingen waaraan je niet zo veel geld moet uitgeven.<br />

Clothes are things on which you shouldn’t spend so much.<br />

Alt<strong>er</strong>native: Kl<strong>er</strong>en zijn dingen waar je niet zo veel geld aan moet<br />

uitgeven.<br />

Note that the preposition, when it is separated from waar-, goes to the<br />

end of the sentence right before the conjugated form of the v<strong>er</strong>b group<br />

(see und<strong>er</strong>lining).<br />

Separation<br />

of the<br />

relative<br />

pronoun<br />

with<br />

waar +<br />

preposition<br />

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