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Rh when not an interrogative, we must use one of the prepositions + relative particle + possessive adjective (before the noun).


 * The man whose son was sick.

but, or , are often shortened to , and ; hence the above sentence in colloquial Irish would be —


 * The woman whose son is sick visited us yesterday.

To translate the English relative pronoun when governed by an active participle, we employ a somewhat similar construction; as—


 * The hare that the hounds are pursuing.
 * (or, or ).


 * The man whom I am striking.