Intermediate German: A Grammar and Workbook

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3 Joachim spielt auch sehr gut Klavier.
4 Für ihn komponierte ein Kollege ein Lied.
5 Von ihm gibt es zahlreiche CDs.
6 Seine Freundin ist auch Sängerin.

Exercise 20.4


Translate the following sentences into German.

1 I am reading a book which was written by Heinrich Böll.
2 Is this the table you bought last week? (Use the Sieform.)
3 There is my uncle who(m) I lent my car.
4 That is the woman who(m) I work with.
5 This is Dietrich whose son is a pop singer.
6 Do you know Claudia whose children study in Munich? (Use the du
form.)
7 She would like to work abroad which I find good.
8 Everything he said made sense.

Checklist ✓

1 Can you name the relative pronoun in all four cases?

2 What determines the case of the relative pronoun?

3 What happens to the finite verb in a relative clause?

4 Which relative pronoun would you use when referring to
a whole phrase?

156 Unit 20: Relative clauses

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