34. taṃ yathā的用法
Usage of taṃ yathā

In this phrase, taṃ is an indeclinable used as an demonstrative pronoun and yathā is another used as an interrogative pronoun. Both are viewed as having nominative cases. This idiom is usually translated as, “What is this?” or “What are they?”

在这个短语中，taṃ视为不变词，用作指示代词， 和另一个yathā用作疑问代词。 两者都被视为主格。 这个成语通常被翻译成“这是什么？”或“它们是什么？”