Sentence examples of "why" in English

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Why do people tell lies? Warum lügen die Leute?
Why is the sky blue? Wieso ist der Himmel blau?
Why do you need a new umbrella? Wozu brauchst du einen neuen Regenschirm?
Why am I doing this? Warum tue ich das?
Why are you so awful? Wieso bist du so entsetzlich?
Hard work never killed anyone. But why take the risk?! Harte Arbeit hat noch keinen umgebracht. Aber wozu das Risiko eingehen?!
Why do you need change? Warum brauchst du Kleingeld?
Why didn't you come? Wieso seid ihr nicht gekommen?
Why did you park here? Warum hast du hier geparkt?
Why is it so hot? Wieso ist es so heiß?
Why is machine translation useless? Warum ist maschinelle Übersetzung nutzlos?
Why are you looking so sad? Wieso siehst du so traurig aus?
Why are you asking me? Warum fragst du mich?
Why were you late this morning? Wieso warst du heute Morgen zu spät?
Why are we doing this? Warum tun wir das?
Why don't you leg it? Wieso geht ihr nicht zu Fuß hin?
And why do you ask? Und warum fragst du?
They don't even know why. Sie wissen nicht einmal, wieso.
Why are the police here? Warum ist die Polizei hier?
Why don't we go home? Wieso gehen wir nicht heim?
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