whom Význam & definice

Význam whom v češtině

• 0 (used as the object of a verb or preposition, but in everyday speech sometimes replaced by who) what person(s)(?) -- komu, koho, kým

  • Whom/who do you want to see?

  • Whom/who did you give it to?

  • To whom shall I speak?

• 1 (used to refer to a person or people mentioned previously, to distinguish him or them from others; able to be omitted or replaced by that except when following a preposition) (the) one(s) that -- který

  • The man (whom/that) you mentioned is here

  • Today I met some friends (whom/that) I hadn’t seen for ages

  • This is the man to whom I gave it

  • This is the man (whom/who/that) I gave it to.

• 2 used, after a comma, to introduce a further comment on a person or people -- který

  • His mother, who was so proud of him, gave him a hug.