No. 477 in Slovak
ktorou
"Which" or "by which" (instrumental case, feminine form).
In a sentence
Dostal novú knihu, s ktorou teraz radšej trávi večery.
He received a new book, with which he now prefers to spend his evenings.
'ktorou' is used here as an instrumental relative pronoun referring to 'knihu' (book), serving as the object of the preposition 's' (with).
Cesta, ktorou sme šli, bola veľmi kľukatá.
The path by which we went was very winding.
'ktorou' functions as an instrumental relative pronoun describing 'cesta' (path), indicating the means of our journey.
Otázka, na ktorou sa sústredí, je zložitá.
The question on which he is focusing is complicated.
'ktorou' is an instrumental relative pronoun referring to 'otázka' (question), connected to the preposition 'na' indicating the focus object.
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