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Just a quick question... in a "который" clause, does "который" have to be in the same case as the noun it is referring to? What I mean is, does the appropriate case pass over the comma?

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[jangsun-yang.livejournal.com]

Nope.

[verushka.livejournal.com]

It's not quite clear what you mean. We say человек, который смеётся... So человек refers to который through comma.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_viola/]

Say it was something like this: "человека, который я видел..."
Is that right, or should "который" also be accusative?

[verushka.livejournal.com]

yeah
you should change it too
человека, которого я видел
сумка, которую я купил

[http://users.livejournal.com/_viola/]

thanks

[kutsuwamushi.livejournal.com]

Short answer: no.

When you use который, you don't pay any attention to what case the noun was in the previous clause. You only pay attention to gender and number, because который agrees with the noun, like an adjective.

The case который is in is determined by its role in its clause. For example, "это книга, которую я покупила"--"которую" is in the accusative, although it's referring to "книга", which is in the nominative.

[gdt.livejournal.com]

>покупила
купила

[kutsuwamushi.livejournal.com]

Whoops. I always get mixed up on that one.

[malaya-zemlya.livejournal.com]

который is a part of the subordinate clause and that's where it gets its case:

Революция (nom.), о которой (prep.) говорили большевики, свершилась.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_viola/]

Thank you, that's helpful.

[madrumos.livejournal.com]

malaya zemlya is right. take a look, we discussed this at length a few days ago in another post.

[linnapaw.livejournal.com]

No, it takes the case of however it is used *in the clause*. However, it must match the number and gender of the noun it is refering to.