 Relative Pronoun, Relative Adjective, Relative Adverb

Prepared by:
MD AMAN ULLA
B.A. Hons (English) MA (English Literature)
University of Dhaka
Assistant Director
National Savings Department, IRD, MoF, GoB

Relative GK ai‡bi Pronoun hv ev‡K¨ †Kvb Noun (Antecedent) Gi

Pronoun cwie‡Z© e‡m, Relative Clause Gi m~Pbv K‡i Ges Relative
Clause †K Main Clause Gi mv‡_ mshy³ K‡i| Relative Clause
wU GLv‡b Adjective Clause wn‡m‡e KvR K‡i|
Connectors: Who, whom, whose, which, that
Sentences: 1. The student whom you teach is my sister. GLv‡b whom
‘student’ (Antecedent) Gi cwie‡Z© e‡m‡Q, [whom] “you
teach”
Relative Clause Gi m~Pbv K‡i‡Q Ges Clause wU‡K Ò The
student is my sister ” Main Clause Gi mv‡_ mshy³ K‡i‡Q|
[whom] “you teach” The student (noun) m¤ú‡K© AwZwi³
Z_¨ †`Iqvq Zv Adjective Clause Gi KvR K‡i‡Q| G iKg AviI
D`vniY †`Lv †h‡Z cv‡i:
2. We don’t know the person who donated this money.
3. He went to the school that my father went to.
Relative GK ai‡bi Pronominal adjective hv Relative Clause Gi m~Pbv
Adjective K‡i Ges Relative Clause †K Main Clause Gi mv‡_ mshy³
K‡i| Relative Clause wU GLv‡b (i) Antecedent †K
we‡klvwqZ K‡i Ges/ A_ev (ii) Subjunctive (Noun Clause)
wn‡m‡e KvR K‡i|
Connectors: Who, whom, whose, which, that, what BZ¨vw`|
Sentences: 1. I do not know which course I should follow. GLv‡b
which “[course] I should follow” Relative Clause wUi
m~Pbv K‡i‡Q Ges Clause wU‡K ÒI do not know” Main
Clause Gi mv‡_ mshy³ K‡i‡Q| ZvQvov Relative Clause wU
‘know’ verb Gi object (noun clause) [what Gi DËi cvIqv
hvq] wn‡m‡e KvR K‡i‡Q| Avevi which “[course] I should
follow” (noun) †K we‡klvwqZ K‡i‡Q| myZivs which
GLv‡b Relative Adjective Gi KvR K‡i‡Q| G iKg AviI
D`vniY †`Lv †h‡Z cv‡i:
2. Brutus said that Cæsar was a tyrant. [Object of said.]
3. That Milton was spared has often caused surprise.
[Subject.]
4. He asked me what my name was. [Second object of
asked.]
Relative Adverb ‘Relative Adverb’ Relative Pronoun Gi b¨vq †Kvb
Antecedent Gi c‡i e‡m [cwie‡Z© bq] Relative Clause Gi
m~Pbv K‡i Ges Relative Clause †K Main Clause Gi mv‡_
mshy³ K‡i| Relative Clause wU GLv‡b Adjective Clause
wn‡m‡e KvR K‡i| D‡jøL¨, Relative Adverb Gi c~‡e© hw`
†Kvb Antecedent bv _v‡K ev mivmwi verb _v‡K Zvn‡j
Adverb wU‡K Conjunctive adverb ejv n‡e|
Connectors: where, when, while, before, after, till, until, since, as, how,
why BZ¨vw`|
Sentences: 1. I remember the day when we first met. GLv‡b when
`ywU Clause “I remember the day” I “we first met” †K
mshy³ K‡i‡Q Ges Gi c~‡e© Antecedent the day Av‡Q|
when we first met Clause wU GLv‡b Adjective Clause
wn‡m‡e KvR K‡i‡Q| myZivs when GLv‡b Relative
Adverb| G iKg AviI D`vniY †`Lv †h‡Z cv‡i:
2. We do not know the reason why he left.
3. The seat where we sat last Saturday is still free.
Prepared by:
MD AMAN ULLA
B.A. Hons (English) MA (English Literature)
University of Dhaka
Assistant Director
National Savings Department, IRD, MoF, GoB