"Are you a police officer or a firefighter?"

Translation: Tu ești un polițist sau un pompier?

[Jeff572054]

And if we want to be polite, shouldn't we say:
Sunteti polițist sau pompier?

[Sue781295]

Voi sunteți un polițist sau un pompier was marked wrong for me!

[Coriander18]

Yes I don't know why the voi form is wrong either.

[Patrick154626]

see answer above

[MilesBetter]

Why is "Sunteți un polițist sau un pompier?" wrong here?

[Patrick154626]

If you want tu be polite, You should say :
dumneata sunteți un polițist sau un pompier? or
dumneavoastră sunteți un polițist sau un pompier?
If you only write sunteți it's plural form and you should say :
Sunteți polițisti sau pompieri?
but it is not the correct translation!

[TeresaSrri]

I think in Romanian the article is not essential before professions, like in Spanish. Can anyone confirm this?

[conlaff]

Like Spanish, you would only need the article if you attached an adjective to it.

[GScottOliver]

2019-07-12 I can tell you that in the RO->EN exercise, the articles are omitted:
https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/31709120

[StuartM.]

I think "Tu" is really optional, not mandatory, in this question.

[Patrick154626]

why do you refuse women as police officers or firefighters? I wrote
"Tu ești polițistă sau pompier"
and Duo refused!!!

[GrossiBP]

why two options are ok that in exchange one can have "un" and the other does not have it?