Question Words

Question word, then verb — always position two

Hindi keeps the verb at the end even in questions — कहाँ रहते हो literally places रहते हो after कहाँ. Dutch instead treats the question word as filling the sentence's first slot and immediately puts the conjugated verb in second position, right after it: Waar woon je?, not Waar je woont. This is the same verb-second rule from the sentence structure lesson, just triggered by a question word instead of a time word.