Que
and qui
are pronouns that replace someone or something (like “that” in this very sentence):
Que
is for something, and also for someone when it replaces the object of the relative clause.Qui
is for someone when this someone is the subject of the relative clause.
In your case, 2 possible approaches:
- You ask yourself what the blank word replaces in the sentence. What did you buy? A device. Something. Hence: que, with no doubt.
- You ask yourself what’s the grammatical type of the object represented by the pronoun: here, it’s an “object” (You bought XXX). So, again, no question: even if the object would have been a person, the answer is que.
As the pronoun replaces a thing + the grammatical type is “object”, there are here two reasons for the answer to be que.
As a side note: about “que tu as acheté” in your sentence. I’m not 100% sure this is totally incorrect, but I’m pretty sure a better mode is “que tu aies acheté” (i.e. use the subjunctive). You may check a long debate on this here.
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