Video 3 Talk about your work
Hey French Speak-ers,
Here is a short interactive video filled with practical sentences to help with talking about ‘le travail’ (work), you learn how to:
– Tell people what you do and since when
– Talk about your working hours using the 24 hour clock
– Explain whether you like it or not
– Learn about a French ski resort in Haute savoie
Check out this short video:
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Your work
To say what you do, use je suis followed by the name of your job. There’s no need for le or la:
Je suis secrétaire
I’m a secretary
Je suis mécanicien
I’m a mechanic
To say more about what you do, use je with an appropriate verb:
Je travaille
I work
Je travaille à la poste.
Je fais
I do
Je commence
I begin
Je commence ma journée à 08h30.
I begin my day at 8.30.
Je m’occupe de
I’m in charge of…
Je m’occupe d’un restaurant.
You could say:
Je suis docteur. Je travaille à la poste. Je m’occupe d’un restaurant.
Here are a few common questions when people talk about their jobs:
Vous faites quoi comme travail ?
What’s your job?
Vous faites ce travail depuis quand?
Since when have you been doing this job?
Votre travail, il est comment ?
What’s your work like?
Mon travail est varié / passionnant / fantastique / ennuyeux / prenant
My job is varied / exciting / great / boring / demanding
J’aime beaucoup ce que je fais et c’est un travail très prenant.
I really like what I do and it’s a very demanding job.
When we meet new people, we are often asked what we do for a living. Qu’est-ce que vous faites comme travail ? Few of us work on the ski slopes, so it’s worth spending a little time planning a few phrases to answer that question. Je suis technicien et je travaille dans un laboratoire. Use a dictionary to look up an expression to explain what you do, then you can pick out other phrases from above to give a fuller description and explain your hours.
Don’t forget to say what you think about your work. C’est passionnant ? Is it exciting?
Merci,
Devy.