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Pourquoi est-ce que vous annulez la réunion ?

Pourquoi est-ce que vous annulez la réunion ?
Why are you canceling the meeting?
From Lesson 57:Why and because (pourquoi, parce que)·French

Questions & Answers about Pourquoi est-ce que vous annulez la réunion ?

Why do we use "est-ce que" right after "pourquoi"?
Pourquoi means "why". In French, a very standard and natural way to build a question is to place est-ce que (literally "is it that") right after the question word. Together, pourquoi est-ce que simply translates to "why do" or "why are".
Can I ask this question without using "est-ce que"?
Yes! You can sound a bit more formal by swapping the verb and the subject, which is called inversion: Pourquoi annulez-vous la réunion ? In very casual spoken French, you might also hear the question word pushed to the end: Vous annulez la réunion pourquoi ?
The English translation says "are you canceling". Where is the word for "are" in the French sentence?
There isn't one! In French, the present tense (vous annulez) does double duty: it means both "you cancel" and "you are canceling". You never translate the "are" or "is" into French when talking about an action happening right now.
Does "réunion" mean a "reunion", like a family reunion?
It can, but most of the time in everyday French, une réunion is just the word for a "meeting" at work or school. If you specifically mean a gathering of relatives, you would usually say une réunion de famille.

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