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🇰🇷 Korean · A2 · The working world

My job

Vocabulary

  • 직업job / occupation
  • 회사company
  • 사무실office
  • 선생님teacher
  • 의사doctor
  • 엔지니어engineer
  • 디자이너designer
  • 간호사nurse
  • 요리사chef / cook
  • 운전기사driver
  • 에서 일해요I work at...
  • 무슨 일 해요?What do you do for work?

Talking About Jobs: 에서 일하다

To say where you work in Korean, use the pattern: [place] 에서 일해요 (I work at [place]).

  • 저는 회사에서 일해요. — I work at a company.
  • 병원에서 일해요. — I work at a hospital.
  • 학교에서 일해요. — I work at a school.

To say what your job is, use 이에요/예요 after the job title:

  • 저는 선생님이에요. — I am a teacher.
  • 저는 의사예요. — I am a doctor.

To ask someone's job: 무슨 일 해요? (What do you do?) or 직업이 뭐예요? (What is your job?)

Common jobs in Korean:

  • 선생님 — teacher
  • 의사 — doctor
  • 간호사 — nurse
  • 요리사 — chef
  • 엔지니어 — engineer
  • 디자이너 — designer

Expressions

  • 저는 회사원이에요.I am an office worker
  • 어디에서 일해요?Where do you work?
  • 병원에서 일해요.I work at a hospital
  • 직업이 뭐예요?What is your job?
  • 저는 선생님이에요.I am a teacher
  • 일이 힘들어요.The work is tough
  • 일이 재미있어요.The work is interesting

Common mistakes

  • 저는 회사에 일해요
    저는 회사에서 일해요

    에서 marks the place of an activity; 에 alone marks a static location

  • 저는 의사이에요
    저는 의사예요

    After a vowel-ending noun, use 예요 not 이에요

  • 무슨 직업 있어요?
    직업이 뭐예요?

    To ask about occupation, use 직업이 뭐예요? or 무슨 일 해요?

  • 학교 일해요
    학교에서 일해요

    The location particle 에서 is required after the place

  • 저 선생님이에요
    저는 선생님이에요

    Subject marker 는 after 저 is needed for a complete, natural sentence

Quick quiz

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How do you say “engineer” in Korean?

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