¡Hola! Welcome to Spanish from Zero, a podcast for people who are just starting the amazing journey that is learning Español. Today we’re gonna practice talking about occupations.
Here’s how it usually goes:
• ¿Qué haces? (What do you do?)
• Yo soy… (I am…)
Note that in Spanish we tend to not use articles (a, an) when describing someone’s job title:
Yo soy profesora. (Literally: I am teacher)
The other thing we have to keep in mind whenever we’re describing someone is their gender. These are the most common word endings when it comes to occupations:
• Gender neutral endings:
ISTA:el artista / la artista, etc.
NTE: el estudiante / la estudiante, etc.
• Feminine vs. Masculine endings:
O / A: el secretario / la secretaria, etc.
OR / ORA: el profesor / la profesora, etc.
Okay! Now that the explanation is out of the way, let’s practice a little bit. I’ll say a couple of sentences and you need to figure out if I could be describing a man, a woman, or either one:
Es arquitecta 🏗️
Es programador 💻
Es analista 📉
Es presidente 🏳️
Es veterinaria 🐾
Es electicista 🔌
Es asistente 📋
Es dentista 🦷
Es fotógrafo 📷
Es mecánico 🔧
Es doctora 🩺
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