How to Talk About Your Job and Where You Work

(man) mo’alem hastam

I am a teacher

shāgerd

student

mohandes

engineer

vakeel

lawyer

neveesandé

writer

me’mār

architect

(man) vakeel hastam

I am a lawyer

(man) shāgerd hastam

I am a student

(shomā) mo’alem hasteen?

are you a teacher? (formal)

(shomā) mo’alem hasteen

you are a teacher (formal)

(tō) mo’alem hastee

you are a teacher (informal)

(tō) ché kāré hastee?

what do you do (informal)

(shomā) ché kāré hasteen?

what do you do? (formal)

tō chetor?

what about you? (informal)

(man) dar edaré kār meekonam

I work in an office

restoorān

restaurant

beemārestān

hospital

kārkhooné

factory

(tō) kāret-ō doost dāree?

do you like your job? (informal)

(shomā) kāretoon-ō doost dāreen?

do you like your job? (formal)

balé, (man) kāram-ō doost dāram

yes, I like my job

na, (man) kāram-ō doost nadāram

no, I don’t like my job

(man) kār meekonam

I work

(man) kār nemeekonam

I don’t work

(man) beekār-am

I am jobless

(man) bāzneshasté hastam

I am retired

hesābdār

accountant

āshpaz

cook

gārson

waiter

dandoon pezeshk

dentist

khalabān

pilot

honarmand

artist