"What kind of athletes are they?"

Translation: Milyen sportolók ők?

[IrekJakobi1]

Why not "Milyenek sportolók ők?" Why "milyen" has singular form?

[BorGab2]

It seems that the right translation should be : milyenek sportolok ők ?
Why IrekJakobi1's question did not get any suitable answer so far ?

[ElisabethS832761]

What is wrong with, "milyen sportolok vagytok"

[deactivated user]

Not the second-person plural, but the third-person plural is required here. "What kind of athletes are you?" would be the translation of your question.

[Ietsey]

I second. Why not milyenek here ?

[jzsuzsi]

milyen/ milyenek

Milyen and milyenek works the same way as adjectives.

attributive:

Milyen autó ez? What kind of car is this?

Milyen város ez? What kind of city is this?

Milyen városokat ismersz? What kind of cities do you know?

Milyen autók ezek? What kind of cars are these?

predicative:

Milyenek a brazil sportolók? A brazil sportolók milyenek? What are the Brazilian athletes like?

Milyenek az orvosok itt? What are the doctors like here?

Milyen az orvos? What is the doctor like?

Milyen az a ház? What is that house like?

[jzsuzsi]

See also https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/16532192

[11Mars43]

Same question here

[Ujose]

"Milyenek sportolók vannak" What is the mistake in my sentence and why?

[woolfool]

Your sentence means: What kind of athletes are there? On the other hand the sentence in the example is talking about them, and not just about athletes in general.

[blazmah]

Well your sentence means something like "What kind of athletes are there?" instead of Duo's "What kind of athletes are they?"