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who pronume A. interog.
cine?;
who's there? cine e acolo?;
Do you know who did that? ştii cine a făcut asta?;
Who's who? anuar cuprinzând numele personalităţilor marcante;
whom / (fam.) who did you speak to? cu cine ai vorbit?
who pronume B. relativ (având ca antecedent nume de persoane şi personificări).
1. care;
the boy who is singing there băiatul care cântă acolo;
the man whom you see omul pe care-l vezi.
2. (conjunctiv) cine;
I don't know who he is nu ştiu cine e.
3. (înv.) acela/ cel care/ ce;
who steals my purse steals trash (Shakespeare) cel ce-mi fură punga, fură o nimica toată.
◊ as who should say cum ar spune cineva.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends.
(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)
I could not help wondering who it was that had “got itt,” and what “itt” was that he got.
(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)
These two men, close and confidential friends, are the centre of the household; but there is one other person who for our immediate purpose may be even more important.
(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I do not know any body who draws so well as you do.
(Emma, de Jane Austen)
He had never known women who had made him better.
(Martin Eden, de Jack London)
The man who had spoken came over to her.
(White Fang, de Jack London)
But it was Dave who suffered most of all.
(The Call of the Wild, de Jack London)
You will feel the warmth of the new people who come into your life, and you will easily make friends with some.
(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)
Then this house does not belong to that tall lady who wears a watch, and who said we were to have some bread and cheese?
(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)
Alas, alas! said Hans, who would have thought it?
(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)