In both sentences above the >>subject has been placed inside square brackets. Within each subject there is an attributive adjunct (within another set of brackets) which offers additional information about the 'the girl'. In the second sentence, dat rood haar had, is a relative clause.

The most frequently used relative pronouns are die and dat. They are used when the >antecedent they refer to is a noun or noun group. If the noun they qualify is a de -word, the relative pronoun is die. If it is a het -word, the relative pronoun is dat. Plurals are, of course, de -words.

If the antecedent is an indefinite pronoun or >>numeral, the relative pronoun wat is used, although dat may be also used. This includes words like iets, niets, weinig, veel, alles.

If the antecedent is an entire sentence, the relative pronoun wat must be used.

For more information about types of relative clauses click >>here.

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