cophony; Ex.: den Mand som var her the man who was here. Det saa ud, som om den Hand, der var her, var syg it looked as if the man who was here was sick. Det Synspunkt, som han saa Sagen fra, var ikke det rigtige the point of view from which he looked at the matter was not the right one.
hvem only refers to persons and can never be used as subject; Ex.: en Gjæst hvem fyrstelig Æresbevisning tilkommer a guest to whom princely honor is due.
hvilken refers to persons and things. The neuter hvilket sometines refers not to any single word in the preceding sentence, but to the whole sentence; Ex.: der blev en skarp Frost med haardt Veir, hvilket Hedningerne tilskrev Gudernes Vrede a piercing cold set in with rough weather, something that the heathen attributed to the wrath of the gods. With the same meaning may be used hvad what, a pronoun that otherwise only refers to the word alt all, everything; Ex.: alt, hvad jeg har, er dit everything I have is yours.
Note. The relative pronoun may be omitted except as subject; Ex.: den eneste Ko, han eiede, blev funden död the only cow he owned was found dead. In antiquated language and sometimes in poetry the relative may be omitted also as subject, but then the verb must be preceded by another word; Ex.: alle smaa Fugle, i Skoven var all the little birds that were in the wood; den Mand, her staar the man, who stands here.
199. hvo, hvem, hvad, may sometimes perform functions at the same time in the principal and in the subordinate proposition. They are then called indefinite relative pronouns. After these pronouns may sometimes be added som or der, in which case these indefinite relative pronouns to a certain extent act as demonstratives. Hvo som staar, se til, at han ikke falder whoever stands, see that he does not fall. Hvem der gjör det, skal miste sit Liv whoever does that, shall lose his life. Hvad dn liar gjort, er tilstrækkeligt what you
