What is your job?
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Vocabulário
- 仕事job / work
- 会社company
- 会社員office worker
- 先生teacher
- 医者doctor
- 看護師nurse
- 店員shop clerk
- エンジニアengineer
- 働くto work
- 勤めるto be employed at
Talking About Your Job
In Japanese, there are several ways to describe what you do for work.
Pattern 1: ...をしています
Use this to describe your occupation:
- 会社員をしています。(I am an office worker.)
- 先生をしています。(I am a teacher.)
Pattern 2: ...で働いています
Use this to say where you work:
- 病院で働いています。(I work at a hospital.)
- 東京の会社で働いています。(I work at a company in Tokyo.)
Pattern 3: ...です
The simplest way, using です:
- 私はエンジニアです。(I am an engineer.)
Asking about jobs
- お仕事は何ですか?(What is your job? — polite)
- 何をしていますか?(What do you do?)
- どこで働いていますか?(Where do you work?)
Duration with から
To say how long you have been working:
- 3年前から働いています。(I have been working since 3 years ago.)
- 去年からこの会社で働いています。(I have been working at this company since last year.)
Example: 私は看護師をしています。東京の大きい病院で働いています。(I am a nurse. I work at a large hospital in Tokyo.)
Expressões
- お仕事は何ですか?Politely ask about someone's job
- 会社員をしています。Say you are an office worker
- 病院で働いています。Say where you work
- 毎日忙しいです。Say you are busy every day
- 仕事が好きです。Say you like your job
- 何年働いていますか?Ask how long someone has worked
Erros frequentes
病院に働いています。病院で働いています。Use で for the place where you work, not に
私は医者をです。私は医者です。Do not use を before です for professions
何の仕事しますか?お仕事は何ですか?Use the polite set phrase お仕事は何ですか to ask about work
3年前に働いています。3年前から働いています。Use から (since) for ongoing duration, not に
会社を働いています。会社で働いています。Use で for location of work, not を
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