Another way might be like this:cwconrad wrote:Perhaps: τίνας ἀνθρώπους δεικνύει τὸ αὐτούς;Jonathan Robie wrote:Here's a question I would like to know how to ask. Suppose I have a sentence like this:
I want to ask "who does αὐτοὺς refer to?", but ask it in Greek. Any thoughts on how to do that? For instance, could I say this?Ἐν δὲ τῷ πορεύεσθαι αὐτοὺς αὐτὸς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς κώμην τινά
τὸ αὐτοὺς - τίς ἐστιν;
Are there better ways to say it?
Without abstraction it could be Τίνες πορεύονται; If there is no response to an open question, you could prompt with two or three alternatives. If you want to lead into the question, rather than asking it cold, you could ask (κατὰ τὸ κείμενον "according to the text") πότε ὁ Κύριος ὑμῶν εἰσῆλθεν εἰς κώμην; The desired response would be Ἐν δὲ τῷ πορεύεσθαι αὐτοὺς, then you could ask your original question τὸ αὐτοὺς - τίνες εἶσιν; Τίνες πορεύονται;