Le banc sur lequel nous attendons est propre.

to be

Breakdown of Le banc sur lequel nous attendons est propre.

• nous: we
• attendre: to wait
• propre: clean

Questions & Answers about Le banc sur lequel nous attendons est propre.

Why do we say sur lequel instead of just où?

Both are possible here:

• Le banc sur lequel nous attendons est propre.
• Le banc où nous attendons est propre.

où can refer to a place and often replaces préposition + lequel when the preposition is à or dans, and quite often even with sur in everyday speech.

sur lequel is a bit more explicit and slightly more formal/literary. It literally means on which and matches the English structure.

So you can use:

• Le banc où nous attendons… (more common in speech)
• Le banc sur lequel nous attendons… (more formal/precise)

Both are correct.

Why is it lequel and not qui or que?