"Dlaczego ta książka jest ciekawa?"

Translation: Why is this book interesting?

[Maciasfiga]

bo jest ciekawa

[Craig842379]

'How is this book interesting?' would sound natural in Engish too. Would that also work in Polish: 'Jak książka jest ciekawa?'

[Marcuslawsk]

Using 'how' instead of 'why' implies that you dont think the book is interesting, whereas 'why' is much more neutral. Not quite the same sentence.

[Jellei]

That Polish sentence wouldn't work, but I added "how".

[OIsg08O4]

Is "dlaczego myślisz, że ta książka jest ciekawa?" a suitable translation for "why do you think this book is interesting?"

[Andy308963]

Could this question also be understood as "What makes this book interesting?"?

[alik1989]

The meaning is similar, but I would translate that as follows:

Co sprawia/powoduje, że ta książka jest ciekawa

[Marty940151]

To remember the word order for Polish, I changed the sentence to, "why is it, this book is interesting?"
This is not accepted as an answer when translating from Polish to English. Is there a reason why this does not work?
Is it because it is a strange word order for English? Or does "why is it, this book is interesting?" translate as something else in Polish?

Thank you!

[alik1989]

Our native contributor confirmed that the conjunction "that" can't be omitted in such a sentence.

"Why is it that this book is interesting?" will now be an accepted answer.