PARTICULAR FORMS OF THE RELATIVE PRONOUNS

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The relative pronouns can have particular forms and uses.

These are the most important:

• cui has possessive function when it's between the article and the noun it's referred to

  Example:
  "Marco, il cui padre si chiama Sergio, vive a Milano."

• che preceded by the article il has neutral value and it means this thing

  Example:
  "Piove, il che non mi permette di giocare a tennis."

• cui in the expression per cui means for this reason

  Example:
  "Marco ha trovato lavoro a Milano, per cui non viene pił a Roma."

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