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1. The subject clause / Підметове підрядне речення

This type of subordinate sentence or clause performs the
function of the subject in regard to the principal clause. If such a
type of clause is eliminated then the principal clause becomes
incomplete and loses its sense.
In English such sentences are j oined with the help of the
conj unctions that, whether; if and the connective words
(сполучні слова) who, what, which, the pronouns whatever,
whoever, whichever, the pronominal adverbs where, when, why,
how, e.g.: That he has made this mistake is strange. Whether he
will come is uncertain.
Ukrainian subject clauses are most often connected with
the help of relative pronouns хто, що in the form of different
cases. The main clause necessarily contains the correlative (or
demonstrative) word which performs the function of the formal
subject, most often these are such words as — той, ma, me, mi,
or весь (вся, все, всі). Compare:
Перемагає той, хто невідступно бореться. Всі, хто
побачив його, вклонилися.
When a demonstrative word is absent the connection
between the principal and subordinate parts of the sentence
becomes closer and acquires the adversative meaning, e.g.:
Що не склонилось — ожило, що не скорилось — не
зійшло з народної дороги (А. Малишко).

2. The predicative clause / Присудкове підрядне речення

Clauses of this type are connected with the help of
auxiliary part of the compound predicate of the principal clause
and substitute or complement its predicative member (that is the
nominal part of the compound nominal predicate). In English such
sentences are connected with the help of the conjunctions that,

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