3 May 2000
1.1.4.5 Relative Adjectives, in L'Huillier, Advanced French Grammar
[Subsection headings are my own]
Monique L'Huillier
Advanced French Grammar
1. Framework
1.1 Parts of Speech
1.1.4 Determiners
1.1.4.5 Relative Adjectives
To form a relative adjective, we begin with a definite article, le, la, les, and affix it to quel.
lequel,
laquelle,
lesquels,
lesquelles
We use them as relative determiners, especially in literary and administrative applications. When we use a relative adjective before a noun, the resulting phrase is equivalent to a relative pronoun.
Ex.
Je lui ai envoyé un dossier, lequel dossier ne lui est jamais parvenu.
(= Je lui ai envoyé un dossier, qui ne lui est jamais parvenu.)
(page 9)
L'Huillier, Monique. Advanced French Grammar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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