Relative adverbs

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[Voiceover] Hey grammarians. Today we're gonna talk about three of the relative adverbs in English.발음듣기

Which is where, when, and why.발음듣기

And this over here is Peggy the dragon.발음듣기

And we're gonna use the story of Peggy the dragon in order to figure out how to use these relative adverbs.발음듣기

You may be looking at these words and thinking that they look an awful lot like question words.발음듣기

And you're right they are.발음듣기

These are questions words.발음듣기

But you can also - so you can use them to ask a question like, where are you from?발음듣기

Because we use the word, where to figure out where stuff is in space.발음듣기

So you know, where figures out place.발음듣기

So Peggy could respond and say that is the cave where I grew up.발음듣기

And you can see that where, here is not being used in a question way.발음듣기

It's actually connecting the clause I grew up, to cave.발음듣기

And this is why we call this a relative adverb.발음듣기

Because the word, where, modifies the word grew.발음듣기

It's I grew up, where.발음듣기

And it also connects this whole thing to cave.발음듣기

Because where did Peggy grow up?발음듣기

A cave. And it connects this whole chuck to the rest of the sentence.발음듣기

To the sentence being, that is the cave.발음듣기

We use the word, when, to ask questions about time.발음듣기

So if I ask Peggy you know, you're a dragon when did you learn to breathe fire?발음듣기

Because all dragons can breathe fire (whooshing).발음듣기

She would say, I learned to breathe fire when I was 10 years old.발음듣기

So again we're using this word, when, to connect these two ideas.발음듣기

When did she learn to breathe fire?발음듣기

When she was 10 years old.발음듣기

And technically, when is an adverb that modifies was.발음듣기

Finally, we use the word why to figure out reasons for doing stuff.발음듣기

So if something strange were happening in the countryside and I asked Peggy, oh mighty dragon do you know why it is raining fish?발음듣기

Peggy could say, I don't know why that's happening.발음듣기

So again we've go these two clauses that is happening, and I don't know.발음듣기

And, why, connects and relates them.발음듣기

And why is modifying is happening here.발음듣기

And there are other relative adverbs like while, is another way to say when.발음듣기

And whence, which is archaic and nobody really uses it but it's another way to say where.발음듣기

And if you're familiar with Romeo and Juliet from Shakespeare, you've probably heard the word wherefore.발음듣기

You know as in, "Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father refuse thy name."발음듣기

Etcetera. And that's an old fashioned way of saying why.발음듣기

So we don't really say wherefore anymore.발음듣기

We don't really say whence anymore.발음듣기

But while, is another way to say when.발음듣기

Where, you ask about place.발음듣기

When, you ask about time.발음듣기

Why, is for reasons.발음듣기

These are the relative adverbs of English.발음듣기

You can learn anything. David out.발음듣기

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