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Business French – An Introduction

Business French – How To Ask People What They Do

In this lesson, we take a closer look at the formulation of questions asking people what they do professionally and how answers can be constructed.

Watch the video as many times as you need, until you feel you can give the French translations as we go!

Review Vocabulary

Review the words from this video:

Vocabulary from the Video (Parts 1 and 2)

What do you do in life?	Show Qu’est-ce que vous faites dans la vie?
What job do you do?	Show Qu’est-ce que vous faites comme travail?
What’s your profession?	Show Quel est votre profession?
I am a dentist. (m/f)	Show Je suis dentiste.
I work as an engineer. (f)	Show je travaille comme ingénieure.

He is a mechanic.	Show Il est mécanicien.
She works as an accountant.	Show Elle travaille comme notaire.
He is a builder.	Show Il est constructeur.
She is a plumber.	Show Elle est plombière.
He works as a graphic designer.	Show Il travaille comme créateur graphique.

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