Je veux la pomme là-bas. > Laquelle ?
I want the apple over there. > Which one?
je veux le livre là-bas > Lequelle ?
I want the book out there> which one?
Quel livre veux-tu ? > Lequel veux-tu ?
Which book do you want? > Which one do you want?
Je pense à mon frère. > Auquel penses-tu ? [À quel frère...]
I'm thinking about my brother. > Which one are you thinking about?
2) Relative pronoun: Lequel replaces an inanimate object of a preposition. (If the object of the preposition is a person, use qui.)
Le livre dans lequel j'ai écrit...
The book in which I wrote...
La ville à laquelle je songe...
The town about which I'm dreaming...
Le cinéma près duquel j'ai mangé...
The theater near which I ate... / The theater I ate near...
- Lequel, which usually means which
Lequel has four basic forms, because it has to agree in gender and number with the noun it replaces.
In addition, lequel has several contracted forms - like the definite articles le and les, lequel contracts with the prepositions à and de.
Lequel is usually either an interrogative pronoun or a relative pronoun.
1) Interrogative pronoun: Lequel replaces quel + noun.
Quel livre veux-tu ? > Lequel veux-tu ?
Which book do you want? > Which one do you want?
Je veux la pomme là-bas. > Laquelle ?
I want the apple over there. > Which one?
Je pense à mon frère. > Auquel penses-tu ? [À quel frère...]
I'm thinking about my brother. > Which one are you thinking about?
2) Relative pronoun: Lequel replaces an inanimate object of a preposition. (If the object of the preposition is a person, use qui.)
Le livre dans lequel j'ai écrit...
The book in which I wrote.
La ville à laquelle je songe...
The town about which I'm dreaming..
Lequel is usually a pronoun, but it can also be a relative adjective. Relative adjectives are placed in front of nouns to indicate a link between that noun and an antecedent (the same noun previously stated or implied). In both English and French, relative adjectives are used mainly in legal, administrative, or other highly-formal language
Il y a cinq témoins, lesquels témoins vont arriver demain.
There are five witnesses, which witnesses will arrive tomorrow.
https://www.thoughtco.com/french-pronoun-lequel-1368874
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