Learning French Journal #8 Professions

Hi everyone! I've been trying to teach myself French for a while and I thought it would be fun to create some blog posts as I go along to help myself study so I will be doing regular posts on French. In my last post I discussed some basics when asking questions. In this post I will be looking at talking about careers. Please note this is not a study guide, if I make any mistakes please let me know!

Talking about your job:

• Je suis... (zhuh swee...) - I am...

E.g. Je suis secrétaire - I am a secretary

Note:
Some jobs have a female and male version. Generally when jobs end in an e the word is the same for both genders. Some jobs do not have a female version but culturally some French people will use their own versions, for example le professeure or le prof for a female teacher.  

Examples of jobs:

• Le professeur - teacher/professor
• L'homme d'affaires/ la femme d'affaires- businessman/woman
• Le PDG (luh pey dey zhey)- CEO/ Président Directeur Général
• L'avocat/ l'avocate- lawyer
• L'informaticien/ l'informaticienne- computer scientist
• L'ingénieur- engineer
• L'architecte- architect
• Le/la dentiste- dentist
• Le médecin- doctor
• L'infirmier/ l'infirmiére- nurse
• Le serveur/ la serveuse- waiter/waitress
• Le retraité/ la retraitée- retired person

Some work-related questions:

• Quel est votre métier? - What is your profession?
• Qu'est-ce que vous faites dans la vie?- What do you do for a living?
• Pour quelle enterprise? OR compagnie travaillez-vous? - What company do you work for?
• Voyagez-vous souvent pour votre travail? - Do you travel often for your job?

Some work-related vocabulary:

• Mon bureau- my office
• Une compagnie- a company
• Un employé/ une employée- an employee
• Le voyage d'affaires- business trip
• Votre métier est intéressant- your profession is interesting

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