Word
Ese hombre es el cliente en quien confío.
Meaning
That man is the client in whom I trust.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Ese hombre es el cliente en quien confío.
ser
to be
en
in / on / at
ese
that (masculine)
el hombre
the man
Questions & Answers about Ese hombre es el cliente en quien confío.
Why do we use quien here instead of que?
Because we are referring to a person (el cliente) right after a preposition (en). When a relative pronoun comes after a preposition and refers to a person, you use quien for a singular person or quienes for multiple people.
Why do we need the word en before quien?
In Spanish, the verb confiar (to trust) is usually followed by the preposition en (meaning to trust 'in' someone). When connecting the two parts of this sentence, that preposition must go right in front of the relative pronoun quien. You cannot leave the preposition at the end of the sentence like we sometimes do in English.
Why is it Ese hombre instead of Eso hombre?
Ese is the masculine singular word for 'that' when it is used right next to a specific noun, like hombre. You only use eso when talking about a general idea, a situation, or an unknown object, and it is never placed directly in front of a noun.
Why doesn't quien have an accent mark in this sentence?
The word quien only gets an accent mark (quién) when it is used as a question word (like 'who?') or in an exclamation. In this sentence, it is just a relative pronoun linking the client to the action of trusting him, so it does not need the accent mark.