Sujetos, Objetos y Formas Posesivas
Para comprender como usar "who","whom" y "whose", primero tienes que comprender la diferencia entre sujeto, objeto y formas posesivas.
Sujetos hacen una accion
- He loves movies
- She goes to school.
- We enjoy Chinese food
- The teachers like him
- Thomas knows her.
- The actor smiled at us
- His bike is broken
- I like her new book
- The teacher graded our homework
"Who" es un sujeto pronominal como "he","she" y "we" en los ejemplos de arriba. Nosotros usamos "who" para preguntar que persona hace la accion o que personas lo realizan de cierto modo.
Ejemplo
- Who made the brithday cake?
- Who is in the kitchen?
- Who is going to do the dishes?
"Whom" es un objeto pronominal como "him","her" y "us". Usamos "whom" para preguntar que persona recibe una accion.
Ejemplo
- Whom are you going to invite?
- Whom did he blame for the accident?
- Whom did he hire to do the job?
"Whose" es un pronombre posesivo como "his","her" y "our". Usamos "whose" para averiguar a que persona le pertenece algo.
Ejemplo
- Whose camera is this?
- Whose dog is barking outside?
- Whose cellphone keeps ringing?
Las oraciones de arriba contienen un ejemplo de pregunta indirecta.
- I don't know whom he invited
Ejemplos.
- He doesn't know who the boss of the company is. SUBJECT OF THE INDIRECT QUESTION
- I don't care whom you invite.OBJECT OF THE INDIRECT QUESTION
- She isn't sure whose car that is. "WHOSE" SHOWS POSSESSION OF CAR
- I know the man who won the contest
Ejemplos
- We knew the actress who starred in the movie.SUBJECT OF ADJECTIVE CLAUSE
- They hired the man whom we interviewed last week.OBJECT OF ADJECTIVE CLAUSE
- She knew the family whose house we bought."WHOSE" SHOWS POSSESSION OF HOUSE
La forma "whom" se esta convirtiendo menos comun en ingles. Muchos nativos hablantes de ingles piensas que "whom" suena extraño. Esta tendencia es particularmente comun en Estados Unidos. Especialmente cuando se combina con preposiciones, la mayoria de personas prefieren usar "who" como el objeto pronominal. Para la mayoria de nativos hablantes de ingles, los ejemplos de abajo suenan bastante natural.
Ejemplos
- Who did you come to the party with?
- I don't know who he gave the book to.
- That is the woman who I was talking to.
- Who did you get that from?
- Do you have any idea who he sold his car to?
- That is the person who I got the information from.
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