"Why is the sky blue?"

Translation: आसमान नीला क्यों होता है?

[Sam362597]

Are there any notes explaining the word order rules beyond SOV? I'm confused by the placement of 'kyo' (I put it second and was marked wrong).

[JustinG01]

I'm not 100% sure on this but I think क्यों needs to be placed before the verb.

[vinay92]

Correct. It should go before the verb though it's common to place it before a noun in colloquial speech.

[Rams126154]

thank you vinay

[SainmitreP]

Yeah, same. I am also confused. I put it first and I got wrong.

[hptroll]

The only interrogative pronoun placed first is "क्या" in the case of a yes/no question.

I too am confused about this one, though. I wrote "आसमान क्यों नीला होता है?" and was marked wrong. Is it?

[Sam362597]

That looks exactly the same as the correct answer written above....

[hptroll]

Thanks for pointing that out. I inverted "नीला" and "क्यों" in my question above. I've now edited it.

[Sam362597]

Oh, I see. You wrote the same as I did a few months ago then, and mine was marked wrong too. Hopefully a mod will come and give feedback....

[nbbarathy]

आसमान क्यों नीला होता है Why this wrong

[vinay92]

You might encounter such a sentence in colloquial Hindi but in written/formal Hindi, the क्यों has to go before the verb.

[nbbarathy]

आसमान क्यों नीला है . why is this wrong?