Learn English – the correct sentence: “Who are we?” or “Who we are?”

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I searched the Internet to find which of the following is correct:

  • Who are we?
  • Who we are?

And I found that both are used. What is the correct sentence?

Best Answer

"Who are we?" is correct.

The general forms of a question in English are:

Single verb: interrogative pronoun (who, what, where, when, why how -- verb -- subject

Two verbs: interrogative pronoun -- helping verb (usually forms of "to be" or "to do") -- subject -- primary verb -- object

Single verb examples:

When is the next train?

Where are the books?

Two verbs:

Why do you think that?

How did Bob find the house?

Note this is different from the standard word order for a declarative sentence, which is: subject -- verb -- object.

Declarative: The book is here.

Interrogative: Where is the book?

Declarative: She is running.

Interrogative: What is she doing?

Etc.

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