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[keen oasis]

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[thorny kite]

while « qui » usually replaces a subject, it can also replace an indirect object (i.e. an object accompanied by a preposition) when that indirect object is a person

for example, when joining these two sentences together…

• Il écrit la lettre à la femme.
  -# ** ** (“He’s writing a letter to the woman.”)
• La femme est allemande.
  -# ** ** (“The woman is German.”)
  we can replace « la femme » in the first sentence with « qui » since it’s a person and say…
• La femme à qui il écrit la lettre est allemande.
  -# ** ** (“The woman that he’s writing the letter to is German.”)
  -# ** ** (“The woman to whom he’s writing the letter is German.”)

keep in mind that this only happens when the indirect object is a person

if the indirect object was something other than that, you’d use « lequel » and its derivatives

for example…
if you were to join these two sentences together…

• Je mange la soupe avec la cuillère.
  -# ** ** (“I eat soup with the spoon.”)
• J’ai perdu la cuillère.
  -# ** ** (“I lost the spoon.”)
  since « la cuillère » is not a person, we need to use « laquelle » to replace it in the first sentence and say…
• J’ai perdu la cuillère avec laquelle je mange ma soupe.
  -# ** ** (“I lost the spoon that I eat my soup with.”)
  -# ** ** (“I lost spoon with which I eat my soup.”)

[grim harness]

thank you!!!!!!!