9.関係副詞
第6回の英文法講座は前回の関係代名詞に引き続き、関係副詞を取り扱います。
<1.関係副詞の意味>
関係副詞は、普通、「前置詞+関係代名詞」に相当する。
This is a house in which I live.
=where
<2.関係副詞の基本用法>
場所を表す関係副詞:where
This is the city where my father was born.
時を表す関係副詞 :when
I remember the day when I first met her.
理由を表す関係副詞:why
I don't know (the reason) why she was absent from school.
注意:the reason は省略が可能
手段を表す関係副詞:how
Tell me how you have mastered English.
注意:先行詞the wayと関係副詞howが、一緒に用いられることがないため、上記のようになる。
(補足)先行詞がある場合には、where, when, why, howの代わりに、thatも用いられる。
<3.関係副詞=先行詞+前置詞+関係代名詞>
That is when I awoke in the morning.
= the time at which
This is where I went yesterday.
= the place to which
<4.関係副詞=前置詞+先行詞+前置詞+関係代名詞>
Things are never where one wants them.
= at the place at which
<5.複合関係副詞>
・時
whenever= at any time when 「~するときはいつでも」
wherever= to [in/at] any place where 「~するところはどこでも」
You may come whenever you like.
I want to go wherever you're going.
・譲歩
whenever= no matter when 「いつ~しようとも」
wherever= no matter where 「どこに~しようとも」
however= no matter how 「どんなに~しようとも」
Whenever you may come, you'll be welcomed.
Wherever she may go, she'll be loved.
However hard I tried, I couldn't solve the question.