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Jobs and nationalities

State and ask about occupations and nationality with correct agreement.

Professions after ser normally have no article. Nationality adjectives are lower-case in Spanish and agree with the person.

Patterns to reuse
Soy + profession/nationality
I am…
Trabajo de + profession / Trabajo en + sector/place
I work as / in
¿A qué te dedicas?
What do you do?
ah keh teh deh-DEE-kahs
Watch out for
Soy un ingeniero.
Soy ingeniero.

Omit the article when simply naming a profession.

Ella es Inglés.
Ella es inglesa.

Use lower case and feminine agreement.

Soy empresario y trabajo en tecnología.
I am a business owner and work in technology.
soy ehm-preh-SAH-ryoh ee trah-BAH-hoh ehn tehk-noh-loh-HEE-ah
Ella es médica.
She is a doctor.
EH-yah ehs MEH-dee-kah
Somos británicos.
We are British.
SOH-mohs bree-TAH-nee-kohs
¿En qué trabajas?
What field do you work in?
ehn keh trah-BAH-hahs
Jobs
profesor/aingeniero/amédico/acamarero/aabogado/aprogramador/aempresario/aestudiante
Nationalities
español/españolabritánico/británicainglés/inglesafrancés/francesaalemán/alemanaitaliano/italiana
Capitalization

Nationality words are not capitalised.

Try it out loud
production
Describe your work in three simple sentences.
What to include

Use soy, trabajo en/de and one regular verb.

transform
Make “un profesor español” feminine and plural.
What to include

unas profesoras españolas

interview
Ask and answer nationality and occupation questions.
What to include

¿De dónde eres? ¿A qué te dedicas?

Happy with all of this?
  • I can say what I and other people do.
  • I can match common nationalities to gender and number.

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