Relative clause that starts with "de"
Hi,
I'm still having trouble with Spanish relative clauses. Consider the following sentence in English:
There were several pictures hanging on the wall, one of which was crooked.
Which one is the correct/better Spanish translation?
Colgaban unos cuadros en la pared, de los cuales uno estaba torcido.
or
Colgaban unos cuadros en la pared, de que uno estaba torcido.
4 Answers
Había muchos cuadros colgados de la pared, uno de los cuales estaba torcido.
Colgaban unos cuadros en la pared, de los cuales uno estaba torcido.
or
Colgaban unos cuadros en la pared, de que uno estaba torcido.
The second one is grammatically wrong, but mediterrunio's suggestion sounds more natural than your first attempt, where the typical order (uno de los cuales) is more used than the one you've used (de los cuales uno).
Hi Roberto - you are not being answered - not sure why. To me - the first part of your sentence doesn't sound right - I want to say 'Hubieron unos cuadros en la pared. Uno de ellos estaba torcido (mal puesto).'
The verb "haber" used for existence is always used in singular, regardless of the number of objects or people you refer to, because that's the direct object of the sentence, which has no grammatical subject. You should say "Hubo unos cuadros", if your intention is to inform others that the pictures ceased to hang from the wall at some point in the past, since preterite is used for past finished actions.
Hi Roberto - you are not being answered - not sure why. To me - the first part of your sentence doesn't sound right - I want to say 'Hubieron unos cuadros en la pared. Uno de ellos estaba torcido (mal puesto).' I throw this out as bait - hopefully someone will jump on it and tell us why it is wrong!!! 
había varios cuadros colgados en la pared, de los cuales uno estaba torcido.
