How to Talk About Your Occupation - Examples and Variation

Master how to talk about your occupation with the key pattern

Also Appears In: Can Introduce Yourself Level 1.1 Can Do French

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Let's look at some more examples.

Listen and repeat or speak along with the native speakers.

Hugues Henry: Non, je ne suis pas étudiant. Je suis investisseur.

Emma Auge: Non, je ne suis pas professeure. Je suis étudiante.

Mark Lee: Non, je ne suis pas professeur. Je suis ingénieur.

Juliette Jérôme: Non, je ne suis pas infirmière. Je suis médecin.

Lya Mercier: Non, je ne suis pas étudiante. Je suis professeure.

Daphné Dural: Non, je suis barista.

Did you notice how the last speaker omits part of the response?

Valentina Vieri: Non, je suis barista. No, I'm a barista. Non, je suis barista.

When directly responding to someone's question, it's often possible to omit part of the response.

Here by simply answering Non, "no," there's no need to say je ne suis pas étudiant, "I'm not a student."

The pattern is

Non, je suis {actual occupation}.

"No, I'm {actual occupation}."

Non, je suis {actual occupation}.

You should be aware of this pattern, but for this lesson, we'll use the pattern

Non, je ne suis pas {occupation}. Je suis {actual occupation}.

"No, I'm not {occupation}. I'm {actual occupation}."

Non, je ne suis pas {occupation}. Je suis {actual occupation}.

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