"Are you a singer?"

Translation: Ön énekesnő?

[Martybet]

Why is 'Te énekes?' not correct here?

[jsiehler]

With te you need to include the verb: Te énekes vagy?

[Martybet]

Ah.... cheers

[AlysonDarg]

I wrote this and it did not accept for some reason

[CarinaYW]

énekes vagy? (informal) would suffice.
Ön énekes? (formal)

If anyone else wondered why 'Te énekes?' doesn't work, it's because it would translate to 'you singer?', making you sound like a somewhat cultured caveman :')

The formal form works differently though, and 'Ön énekes vagy?' and 'Ön van énekes?' or 'Ön énekes van?' all make no sense; the only way for the for the formal to work in a sentence like this is to just have formal pronoun + noun + question mark

[Virginia57037]

Why is the third person used here, instead of the te form?

[jsiehler]

It is not 3rd person, but one of the polite forms of 2nd person. 2nd person singular may be te (informal), or maga or Ön (formal). I don't think Duolingo uses maga much if at all. The formal ones, although they are 2nd person pronouns, do use the 3rd person form of the verb, when there is one.

[Virginia57037]

Thanks I don't recall seeing any discussion to this point about polite/impolite forms so that is now clear!

[holeemolee]

Formal / informal is and likely will be a very difficult aspect for this aging brain.

[Dave81791]

Ènekesnő is female singer?

[quaid_]

yes, adding nő (woman) as a suffix to a job can show it is a woman.
énekes = singer /énekesnő = woman singer

tanár = teacher / tanárnő = woman teacher

színész = actor / színésznő = actress

[ChesyzChesy]

Why "Az énekesnő vagy?" is a wrong answer?

[jzsuzsi]

It means "Are the singer?*

"Énekesnő vagy?"/" Énekes vagy?" is correct here.

[BigWayne19]

------- how about, "az e'nekesno" vagy ? " = are you the singer-lady ? = are you the lady/female singer ? . . .

Big 6 mar 20