Learn French with Emojis
- Occupations, Family & Places
- Occupations, Family & Places
- 1. A few of the most common you might refer to your career in French:
- Le métier (occupation)
- Le boulot (work – casual)
- Le travail (work)
- L’emploi (employment)
- Le poste (post, position)
- La carrière (career)
- La vocation (vocation)
- L’opportunité d'emploi (job opportunity)
- Le stage en enterprise (internship)
- Le taf (work – slang)
- 2. Use of definite and indefinite articles when describing jobs
- [Subject] + [conjugated form of être] + [profession]
- Ex. Il était médecin.
- (He was a doctor.)
- Il va être médecin.
- (He’s going to be a doctor).
- 3. If in doubt, use c’est / ce sont if you’re using an article or determinant of some sort:
- Ex. C’est mon médecin.
- (She’s my doctor.)
- C’est un bon médecin.
- (She’s a good doctor.)
- Otherwise, use il/elle est + [profession].
- 4. If you want to talk about working as an action, on the other hand, French offers up a nice selection:
- Bosser (to work – casual)
- Travailler (to work)
- Gérer (to manage)
- Bosser comme un âne (to work like a dog – don’t say this one to your boss!)
- Travailler dur (to work hard)
- Bien travailler (to work well)
- 5. Asking Questions related to Profession:
- Qu’est-ce que tu fais dans la vie ? – “What do you do for a living?”
- Dans quel domaine travailles-tu ? – “What field do you work in?”
- Quelle est ta profession ? – “What is your profession?”
- Quel est ton métier ? – “What is your job?”
- Que fais-tu comme travail ? – “What do you do for work?”
- Tu bosses dans quoi ? – “What do you work in?”
- C’est quoi ton boulot ? – “What’s your work?”
- Vous travaillez comme … depuis longtemps? – “How long have you worked as a …?”
A. Occupations
🧑🏻💼👩🏻💼 - homme/ femme politique (politician)
👨🏻🍳🧑🍳 - boulanger/ boulangère (baker)
🧑🏼✈️👩🏻✈️ - pilote (pilot)
👨🏻🌾👩🏾🌾 - agriculteur/ agricultrice (farmer)
👨🏿🔬🧑🏾🔬 - scientifique (scientist)
🧑🏽🎓👩🏻🎓 - étudiant/ étudiante (student)
👨🏾🎨👩🏽🎨 - artiste (artist)
👨🏻🎤👩🏻🎤 - chanteur/ chanteuse (singer)
👮🏽♂️👮🏾 - policièr/ policière (police officer)
🧑🏽🏫👩🏻🏫 - enseignant/ enseignante, professeur (teacher/professor)
👨🏿⚕️👩🏼⚕️ - médecin (doctor)
👨🏻⚖️👩🏻⚖️ - avocat/ avocate (lawyer)
👷🏻♂️👷♀️ - ouvrier/ ouvrière (laborer)
👨🏽🔧👩🏻🔧 - mécanicien/ mécanicienne (mechanic)
👨🏽🚒👩🏼🚒 - pompier/ pompière (firefighter)
👨🏾🚀👩🏻🚀 - astronaute (astronaut)
🤵🏿🤵🏻♀️ - serveur/ serveuse (waiter/waitress)
🤴🏼👸🏻 - roi/ reine (king/ queen)
👨🏻💻👩🏻💻 - informaticien/informaticienne (computer scientist)
🎬 - acteur/actrice (actor, usually in film/television)
✍🏼 - écrivain/écrivaine (writer)
⛑ - infirmier/infirmière (nurse)
🦷 - dentiste (dentist)
🔪🥩 - boucher/bouchère (butcher)
💇🏻💇🏾♀️ - coiffeur/coiffeuse (hairdresser) 🎬 - acteur/actrice (actor, usually in film/television)
✍🏼 - écrivain/écrivaine (writer)
⛑ - infirmier/infirmière (nurse)
🦷 - dentiste (dentist)
B. People
👨👩👧👦 - famille (family)
👩🏾🦱 - mère (mother)
👨🏻 - père (father)
👱🏻♀️ - sœur (sister), fille (daughter)
👶🏾 - bébé (baby), enfant
🧒🏻 - frère (brother), fils (son)
👵🏻 - grand-mère (grand mother)
👴🏾 - grand-père (grand father)
🧍🏽♀️ - tante (uncle)
🧍🏼♂️ - oncle (uncle)
C. Places
🗺 - une carte (a map)
🏰 - château (castle)
🏟 - le stade (stadium)
🏝 - île (island)
🏖 - la plage (the beach)
🏜 - le désert (the desert)
⛰ - la montagne (the mountain)
🏠 - une maison (a house)
🏭 - la usine (the factory)
🏢 - l’hôtel de ville / la mairie (city hall, town hall)
🏬 - le grand magasin (the department store)
🏤 - la poste (post office)
🏥 - l’hôpital (the hospital)
🏦 - le banque (the bank)
🏨 - l’hôtel (the hotel)
🏪 - le centre commerical (the mall / shopping center)
🏫 - l’école (the school), le lycée (the high school), l’université (the university)
⛪️ - l’église (the church)
🖼 - le musée (the museum)
🍲 - le restaurant (the restaurant)
🚨 - le commissariat / le poste de police (the police station)
⚖️ - le palais de justice (the courthouse)
🛄 🛂 🛃 - l’aéroport (the airport)
🚉 - la gare (the train station)
🅿️ - le garage (the garage/ car park)
🏞 - le parc (the park)
🎦 - le cinéma (the movie theater/ the cinema)
🎭 - le théâtre/ la salle de spectacle (the theater (for plays and shows))
🏊🏼♂️ - la piscine (the pool)
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