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?
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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