whoever, whichever, whatever, whenever, wherever, however

Estas formas tienen una variedad de significados y pueden introducir cláusulas relativas y de otros tipos. Las otras claúsulas no pertenecen técnicamente a este capítulo pero parece mejor agrupar estas ‘ «ever»-«forms» ‘ juntas-

1. Whoever gains the most points wins the competition; Whoever gets home first starts cooking the supper; Whoever cleans your windows doesn’t make a good job of it. Whichever team gains the most points wins; Whichever of them gains the most points wins; Whichever of us gets home first starts cooking.

[«whoever» (pronombre): «quienquiera que»; «whichever» (pronombre y adjetivo): «cualquier … que,» «cualquiera … que.»]

2. You can eat what/whatever you like (anything you like); When you are older you can watch whatever programme you like. My roof leaks when/whenever it rains (everytime it rains). You will see this product advertised everywhere/wherever you go; Go anywhere/weherever yo like.

[«whatever» (pronombre y adjetivo): «cualquier cosa que,» «cualquier.» «whenever,» «cada vez que.» «wherever,» «dondequiera que.»)]

3. If I say «heads I win; tails, you lose,» I will win whatever happens or whichever way the coin falls; Whatever happens don’t forget to write. I’ll find him wherever he has gone (no matter where he has gone). Whatever you do, don’t mention my name. I’d rather have a room of my own, however small (it is), than share a room. However hard I worked, she was never satisfied.

[«whoever,» «whichever,» «whatever,» «whenever,» «wherever,» «however»: «sin importar que …, («no matter who» etc.)» «whatever you do» se coloca antes o después de una petición o un mandato para enfatizar su importancia. «however» es un adverbio de grado y se usa con un adjetivo u otro adverbio.]

4. He lives in Wick, whatever that is (I don’t know where it is, and I’, not very interested). He is a phrenologist, whatever that is (I don’t know what it is and I’m not very interested).I lost seven kilos in a month. – How ever did you lose so much in such a short time? BILL (suspiciously): I know all about you. TOM (indignantly): What ever do you mean? Wherever did you buy your wonderful carpets?

[«whatever,» «wherever» pueden indicar la ignorancia o indiferencia del hablante. «who ever?», «when ever?», «what ever?» pueden escribirse como palabras separadas, pero entonces el significado cambia.]