2.7 Noun clauses
Examples of noun clauses are:
 | what happened yesterday
(lo que pasó ayer) |
| what she said
(lo que dijo) |
| who came to the party
(quién vino a la fiesta) |
| where they live
(dónde viven) |
| how the prisoners escaped
(cómo se escaparon los prisioneros) |
| which paper they read
(qué periódico leen) |
| how much my sister earns
(cuánto gana mi hermana) |
| whether she plays tennis
(si juega a tenis) |
These are not questions and they do not have question word order.
These clauses can normally be the subject or object in a sentence, or the object of a preposition, e.g.:
| Can you tell me what happened yesterday? |
| What she said was very important. |
| They didn't ask about who came to the party. |
| I don't know where they live. |
| How the prisoners escaped is still a mystery. |
| I'll try to find out which paper they read. |
| I'm not interested in how much my sister earns. |
| Whether she plays tennis is of no interest to me. |
Notice that noun clauses with who are not normally the subject of a sentence, so, for example: ‘‘Quien se esfuerza, ganará’’ is not Who makes an effort will win.
Possibilities in English are:
| Whoever makes an effort will win. |
| People who make an effort will win. |
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