[General] You are a singer wanna be.

[arjitsharma]

I would like to know the meaning of the following sentences:
1.You are a singer wanna be.
2. You guys are Mat Hardy wanna be.

 

[Raymott]

1. You want to be a singer, but you are not.
2. You guys want to be like Mat Hardy, but you're not. The plural requires "wanna bes".

 

[emsr2d2]

"Wannabe" is a single word. The plural is "wannabes". I don't recommend using them in written English unless you are directly quoting speech.

 

[Raymott]

Yes, sorry. One word. My jive be a bit rusty.

 

[jutfrank]

wannabe also works as an adjective.

1. You are a wannabe singer.
2. You guys are Mat Hardy wannabes.

 

[arjitsharma]

Is it correct then?
You guys are wannabe Jeff Hardy.

 

[Roman55]

No. Did you read the answers?

 

[Tdol]

Is it correct then?
You guys are wannabe Jeff Hardy.

No, because you are mixing singular and plural. You could say that these guys wanna be Jeff Hardy. However, when you use wannabe as an adjective, then you have to use a plural noun for multiple wannabes.

 

[emsr2d2]

And which word you pluralise depends on your word order.

You girls are all Madonna wannabes. (wannabes = noun)
You girls are all wannabe Madonnas. (wannabe = adjective)