местоимение 1) который?; какой?; кто? (в вопросах, подразумевающих выбор) Например: Which of you am I to criticize? — Кого из вас мне ругать? 2) (тот) который, какой, каковой, кто (в придаточных предложениях) Например: the city which you are talking about... — город, о котором вы говорите... the fact which cannot be proved — факт, который нельзя доказать He was trying to make out which was noble and which was valet. — Он пытался понять, кто из двоих был дворянин, а кто - слуга. 3) что (в придаточных предложениях) Например: He got married again a year later, which surprised everybody. — Год спустя он снова женился, что всех удивило. which
I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, of what kind, which, from Old English hwilc; akin to Old High German wilīh of what kind, which, Old English hwā who, gelīk like — more at who, like 1. being what one or ones out of a group — used as an interrogative Example: which tie should I wear Example: kept a record of which employees took their vacations in July 2. whichever Example: it will not fit, turn it which way you like 3. — used as a function word to introduce a nonrestrictive relative clause and to modify a noun in that clause and to refer together with that noun to a word or word group in a preceding clause or to an entire preceding clause or sentence or longer unit of discourse Example: in German, which language might…have been the medium of transmission — Thomas Pyles Example: that this city is a rebellious city… : for which cause was this city destroyed — Ezra 4:15 (Authorized Version) II. pronoun 1. what one or ones out of a group — used as an interrogative Example: which of those houses do you live in Example: which of you want tea and which want lemonade Example: he is swimming or canoeing, I don't know which 2. whichever Example: take which you like 3. — used as a function word to introduce a relative clause; used in any grammatical relation except that of a possessive; used especially in reference to animals, inanimate objects, groups, or ideas Example: the bonds which represent the debt — G. B. Robinson Example: the Samnite tribes, which settled south and southeast of Rome — Ernst Pulgram — used freely in reference to persons as recently as the 17th century Example: our Father which art in heaven — Matthew 6:9(Authorized Version), and still occasionally so used but usually with some implication of emphasis on the function or role of the person rather than on the person as such Example: chiefly they wanted husbands, which they got easily — Lynn White — used by speakers on all educational levels and by many reputable writers, though disapproved by some grammarians, in reference to an idea expressed by a word or group of words that is not necessarily a noun or noun phrase Example: he resigned that post, after which he engaged in ranching — Current Biography Usage: see that IV