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Relative Whose

Possession inside a relative clause.

Why you specifically

Người học tiếng Việt thường bỏ mất từ chỉ sở hữu trong mệnh đề quan hệ, hoặc dùng who/which trước danh từ sở hữu (*the man who car..., *the house which roof...). Tiếng Việt thường diễn đạt bằng 'của' nên cần nhớ tiếng Anh dùng whose + danh từ.

The rule

Whose is the relative pronoun we use to show possession inside a relative clause. It usually comes before a noun: whose car, whose idea, whose parents, whose roof. It can refer to people, animals, or things. In formal English, whose is the standard relative form for possession; we do not normally use who or which before the possessed noun in this structure.

noun + whose + noun + relative clause
the man whose car was stolen
the house whose roof was damaged

The trap

The woman who car was stolen called the police.
The woman whose car was stolen called the police.
Whose shows possession inside the relative clause and can refer to people and things.
I met a student who brother lives in Canada.
I met a student whose brother lives in Canada.
We use whose before a noun to show that the brother belongs to the student.
This is the house which roof was damaged in the storm.
This is the house whose roof was damaged in the storm.
Whose can also refer to things, not only people.
We visited a village which people still speak the old language.
We visited a village whose people still speak the old language.
Whose is needed to show that the people belong to the village in the relative clause.

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