When giving a witness account, you will often need to connect details about a suspect. To link two ideas and describe someone or something without starting a new sentence, use the relative pronoun que.
| There is a witness who knows the thief. | Hay un testigo que conoce al ladrón. |
| The man who wears glasses has a black beard. | El hombre que usa lentes tiene una barba negra. |
People and Things
In English, we usually use "who" for people and "that" or "which" for things. In Spanish, it is much simpler: que covers all of these! It is used for both people and objects, and it never changes form to match gender or number.
| The suspect who is escaping is the thief. | El sospechoso que escapa es el ladrón. |
| The witness notices the tattoo that the man has. | El testigo nota el tatuaje que tiene el hombre. |
Never drop "que"
In English, we sometimes drop the connecting word entirely (for example, "You are the witness the guard needs"). In Spanish, you can never leave out que.
| You are the witness that the guard needs. | Eres el testigo que el guardia necesita. |
| Do you see the car that the suspect is driving? | ¿Ves el carro que maneja el sospechoso? |
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