Betydelse av who på svenska

• 0 used especially in questions as the subject or object of a verb, when asking which person or people, or when asking what someone's name is:

  • Who did this?

  • Who's she?

  • Who are all those people?

  • She asked me if I knew who had got the job.

  • Who (also formal whom) do you want to talk to?

  • I don't know who to ask to the party.

  • "Are they going to get married?" "Who knows?" (= It is not possible to know at the moment.)

  • Who can tell what will happen now?

• 1 used as the subject or object of a verb to show which person you are referring to, or to add information about a person just mentioned. It is used for people, not things:

  • I think it was your dad who phoned.

  • She's one of those people who love to be the centre of attention.

  • He called James, who was a good friend as well as the family doctor.

  • The other people who (also that) live in the house are really friendly.

  • This is Gabriel, who I told you about.

• 2 abbreviation for the World Health Organization

• 3 used esp. in questions to ask which person or people, or to ask someone’s name:

  • Who did this?

  • Who’s she?

• 4 used as the subject or object of a verb when referring to a particular person or when adding information about a person just mentioned:

  • The other people who live in the house are really friendly.

  • This is Frank, who I told you about.