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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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