Thursday 16 March 2017

jobs - les métiers

Introducing yourself is to tell, as well, what you do in the life.


There are some expressions.

Image result for boulanger

Qu'est-ce que tu fais dans la vie ? What do you do in the life?
or:
- quelle est ta profession ? What is your profession?
- quel est ton métier ? What is your job?
- tu fais quoi dans la vie ?  You do what in the life? (familiar)

For a man:Je suis professeur. I am a teacher.
Je suis boulanger. I am a baker.
Je suis électricien. I am an electrician.
Je suis architecte. I am an architect.

For a woman, we have to add "e" at the end of the word. That gives:

Je suis commerçante. I am a trader.
Je suis chirurgienne. I am a surgeon.
Je suis assistante. I am an assistant.

Sometimes, we have to change the suffix.

Image result for coiffeur Words ending by eur -> trice or euse      Acteur - Actrice     Coiffeur - Coiffeuse
                            ien -> ienne                 Electricien - Electricienne
                            ier -> ière                     Epicier- Epicière 
                            er  -> ère                      Boulanger - Boulangère

You can find some jobs which the gender is mixed because the word ends by "e".
Un architecte- une architecte (architect)
Un dentiste - une dentiste (dentist)
Un détective - une détective (detective)

Some jobs stays in masculin even if it is a woman who practise this job.
Un médecin - une femme médecin (but if you want to write to her, you have to write Madame le médecin)








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Un professeur - une femme professeur (but if you want to write to her, you have to write Madame le professeur)
In the familiar language, you can say "la prof".








Un pompier - une femme pompier.










Other jobs in this same case: écrivain (une femme écrivain), ingénieur (une femme ingénieur), plombier (une femme plombier), pilote (une femme pilote).
Writer, ingineer, plumber, pilot.

Show me if you understood:
http://users.skynet.be/providence/vocabulaire/francais/metier/met1.htm


Did you find it easy?






I have found this exercice from 
http://ticsenfle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/les-metiers-vocabulaire-activites.html






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