Relative Pronouns Question

Question

If I have the two sentences Mi primo Louis vive en la ciudad. Él trabaja mucho. And I want to combine them with a relative pronoun do these two sentences work?

Mi primo Louis, quien vive en la ciudad, trabaja mucho.

or

Mi primo Louis el que vive en la ciudad, trabaja mucho.

Answer 1

Both are correct, depending context.

Clue for the second version.... how many cousins?

Thanks! If I was talking about more than one cousin I would have to use quienes or los que. Right? - 007500d2, Nov 30, 2011

Even more appropriate if you've got two cousins called Louis. - geofc, Nov 24, 2012

Answer 2

Relative pronouns are a little confusing. Here is what I think. (Don't trust me completely, though)

Mi primo Louis, quien vive en la ciudad, trabaja mucho.

Or,

Mi primo Louis, que vive en la ciudad, trabaja mucho.

I guess you could say

Mi primo Louis, el que vive en la ciudad, trabaja mucho. But it is not at all necessary.

You would use el que in this situation, though:

La hermana de mi primo Louis, la que vive en la ciudad, trabaja mucho.

This lets you know that it is the sister of Louis, not Louis, who lives in the city.

Gracias! That helps a lot =] - nononono, Nov 30, 2011

Ok thank you! I get it now.......i think ahah - 007500d2, Nov 30, 2011

nice one Jere :) - Kiwi-Girl, Nov 30, 2011

Answer 3

runner315:

Close.

Consider this.

My cousin who lives in New York.

My cousin, the one that lives in New York.

Get it?

oh ok el que .... Thanks so much! Everyone on here is so helpful - 007500d2, Dec 1, 2011

Answer 4

Here is what I was trying to say:

Runner, forget the whole thing. I can't produce a table in the answer box! - padrin, Nov 24, 2012

Answer 5

This might help