Breakdown of El fundador de quien hablamos es un buen mentor para mí.
ser
to be
de
from / of
un
a, an (masculine)
hablar
to speak / to talk
para
for
mí
me
bueno
good
quien
whom / who (relative singular)
el fundador
the founder
el mentor
the mentor
Questions & Answers about El fundador de quien hablamos es un buen mentor para mí.
Why is it de quien here instead of just using que?
When referring to a person after a preposition like de (of/about), Spanish uses quien for singular or quienes for plural. If there were no preposition, you would just use que, as in el fundador que conocimos (the founder that we met).
Could I put the de at the end of the phrase, like how we say "who we are talking about" in English?
No, Spanish never leaves a preposition dangling at the end of a sentence or clause. The preposition must always come immediately before the relative pronoun. So, "who we are talking about" must be structured as "about whom we talk" (de quien hablamos).
Why does the sentence use buen instead of bueno?
Why does mí have an accent mark at the end of the sentence?
The accent mark distinguishes the prepositional pronoun mí (meaning "me", used after prepositions like para) from the possessive adjective mi (meaning "my", as in mi mentor). Because it follows the preposition para, you must use the pronoun form with the accent.
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