Learn English – Why {are you / you are} making noise

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I always get confused between these two sentences:

Why are you making noise?

Why you are making noise?

Could anyone put light in the differences between the two?

Best Answer

I can see that this could be confusing for someone learning the language.

In English, in a declarative sentence, we normally put subject - verb - object.

You are making noise.

Sally shut the door.

In a question, we normally put interrogative pronoun - helping verb - subject - primary verb - object. By "helping verb" here I mean "is", "are", "did", etc. By "primary verb" I mean the word describing the action you are asking about.

Why are you making noise?

Who is making noise?

Where did Bob go?

There may not be a primary verb if the question is about existence or identity.

Who is at the door?

What is the reason?

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