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Is okay to use 'is' instead of 'are' in the case of singular 'you' when we want to make it emphatic?

  • Hey, I told you not to come here, didn't i? What is you doing here then?
  • I spent all morning cooking! Is you going to eat it or what?
  • You've got anything you need! What else is you looking for?
  • I'm sick and tired of your games, it's all the same every day! When is you ever going to stop doing that?
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  • Maybe if you add it after is, as in What is it you('re) doing here?.
    – Yuri
    Commented Nov 25, 2016 at 10:21

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No, all of the examples you've given are ungrammatical in standard English. You'll need to follow the usual rules for subject–verb agreement:

What are you doing here?
Are you going to eat it or not?
What are you looking for here?
When are you going to stop that?

These don't sound any more or less emphatic, but they do sound grammatical and natural.

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I am not clear what you mean by making it emphatic.

From a grammatical perspective all the above sentences are incorrect. You need to use only "are" in the above ones. There is no use for "you is" in English language.

"You are" vs "you is" when "you" is used as both singular and plural?

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