qui, que, où, dont
CEFR A2 · part 2
edumaterial's parts within the level. The European framework does not subdivide them.
Futur proche or futur simpleChoosing between the two futures and forming the simple one, with its irregular stems…meilleur or mieuxComparing with plus, moins and aussi, and choosing between meilleur, an adjective, and…Verbs with à, with de and with nothingKnowing which preposition each verb takes, including the ones that take none.Quantities: beaucoup de, trop de, assez dePutting bare de after any quantity, and knowing when the article does come back.Adverbs and where they goBuilding the adverb from the feminine adjective and placing it after the conjugated verb.Have just and am doingUsing venir de + infinitive for the just-past and être en train de for what is happening…The rule, in three lines
qui is the subject; que is the direct object; où is place or time; and dont stands for a de.
The usual slip. Dropping the relative altogether, because English can: «the book I read» has no word where French needs one.
Why it catches you out. English can leave the relative out when it is an object — «the film I saw» — and French never can. So your sentences come out with a word missing, and nothing sounds wrong to you.
