A1 · Unit 2
Jobs
You'll say what you do for a living and ask others.
New words
учителuchitelteacher
For a woman: "учителка"
.
учителкаuchitelkateacher
лекарlekardoctor
For a woman: "лекарка"
, or simply "лекар"
.
engineer
Also for a woman: "Тя е инженер"
.
студентstudentstudent
студенткаstudentkastudent
програмистprogramistprogrammer
For a woman: "програмистка"
.
shop assistant
For a woman: "продавачка"
.
nurse
In hospital people often just say "сестра"
.
to work
"Работя като учител"
= I work as a teacher.
работаrabotawork
What do you do ?
Polite: "Какво работите?"
Meeting at a party
Dimitar, someone you've just met
Здравей, аз съм Димитър. Какво работиш?
Hi, I'm Dimitar. What do you do?
Работя като програмист. А ти?
I work as a programmer. And you?
Dimitar, someone you've just met
Аз съм учител. Работя в училище.
I'm a teacher. I work at a school.
И майка ми е учителка!
My mum is a teacher too!
Dimitar, someone you've just met
Наистина? А ти къде работиш?
Really? And where do you work?
Работя от вкъщи.
I work from home.
Dimitar, someone you've just met
Колко хубаво! Няма трафик.
How nice! No traffic.
Grammar
Every noun has a gender, and the ending usually tells you: consonant → masculine ("учител"
), -а/-я → feminine ("учителка"
), -о/-е → neuter ("дете"
). Many jobs have a female form with -ка: "студент → студентка"
. Careful: "баща"
and "дядо"
are masculine.
Аз съм учителка.
I'm a teacher.
Майка ми е лекарка, а баща ми — инженер.
My mother is a doctor and my father is an engineer.
Не съм студентка, работя.
I'm not a student, I work.
Examples
Какво работите, госпожо Петрова?
What do you do, Mrs Petrova?
Работя като програмист.
I work as a programmer.
Студент ли си?
Are you a student?
Сестра ми е медицинска сестра.
My sister is a nurse.
Нямам работа.
I don't have a job.
Брат ми работи в София.
My brother works in Sofia.
Днес имам много работа.
I have a lot of work today.
Къде работиш?
Where do you work?