Che references all nouns, personal pronouns, demonstrative pronouns and some indefinite pronouns. It can be used in the relative clause as a nominative or accusative. Let's see some example.
| 1) Che references nouns | |
| La casa che i miei genitori hanno costruito è bella. | 
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| The house which my parents has built, is nice. | |
| 2) Che references personal pronouns and indefinite pronouns | |
| Lui che non ne sapeva niente, voleva spiegarlo agli altri. |
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| He, who had no clue of that, wanted to explain it to the others. | |
| Qualcuno che non conosco, voleva parlare con te. |
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| Someone (that) I knew wanted to talk to you. | |
| 3) Che can be nominative as well as accusative | |
| nominative in the relative clause : L' uomo che attraversa la strada è un amico mio. =>The man who crosses the street is a friend of mine. |
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| accusative in the relative clause : L' uomo che ho visto ieri, oggi ha parlato con me. => The man (that / who) I saw yesterday, has talked to me today. |
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If you speak French, you have a problem here. In French qui is subject, que accusative. This distinction doesn' t exist in Italian, it works like in Spanish. (More accurate: You can use chi, if the relative pronoun is the nominative of the relative clause, but it is not compulsory.)
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