"Péter kit ismer?"

Translation: Whom does Péter know?

[Tom698897]

Blimen' whom. I hate that word.

[ingpeck]

I was wondering why it isn't the following: "Who knows Peter?" How can you tell from the word order?

[gerardkieffer]

I don't think that it has anything to do with the word order. In "Who knows Peter", "who" would be the subject and Peter the accusative. But in the example the -t suffix after ki (kit) makes it clear that "kit" is the accusative in this sentence and not the subject.

[Multi0Lingual4]

Because the word needs to be "whom." Think of it this way: If you can answer with "him" it is whom, if you can put in "he" it is "who."

In this example it would be "Whom does Peter know?" "Peter knows him."

[Judit294350]

That would be "Ki ismeri Pétert?"

Edited - thanks

[MrtonPolgr]

"Ki ismeri Pétert", to be precise.

[Judit294350]

Thank you.

[oh1231]

Because here they're putting emphasis on Peter

[sparrowhawk28]

Whom is incorrect English. It should be 'who' does Peter know. Whom needs a preposition; to, from, about, which is lacking here.

[Judit294350]

No. "whom" is the accusative of "who". Therefore it is correct.