4.2.1

Jobs (1/2)

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Les Types d'Emploi - Types of Job

When you are talking about jobs in French you do not need 'un' or 'une'. You use 'je veux, je voudrais or j'espère' followed by 'être' to say what you would like to be.

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Acteur/actrice - actor/actress

  • Je veux être actrice.
    • I want to be an actress.
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Avocat, avocate - lawyer

  • Je voudrais être avocat.
    • I would like to be a lawyer.
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Chanteur, chanteuse - singer

  • J'espère devenir chanteuse.
    • I hope to become a singer.
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Chauffeur de taxi - taxi driver.

  • Je veux être chauffeur de taxi.
    • I want to be a taxi driver.
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Coiffeur, coiffeuse - hairdresser

  • Je voudrais être coiffeuse.
    • I want to be a hairdresser.
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Comptable - accountant

  • J'espère devenir comptable.
    • I hope to become an accountant.
Illustrative background for Designer de jeux-vidéos - video game designerIllustrative background for Designer de jeux-vidéos - video game designer ?? "content

Designer de jeux-vidéos - video game designer

  • Je veux être designer de jeux-vidéos.
    • I want to be a video game designer.

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3The World Around Us

4The World of Work

5The International World

6Common Tenses

7Advanced Tenses

8Extra Grammar

8.1Articles

8.2The Passive Voice

8.3Pronouns

8.4Asking Questions

8.5Nouns

8.6Prepositions

8.7Adverbs

8.8Adjectives

8.9Negative

8.10Conjunctions

8.11Miscellaneous

8.12Verbs

8.13Numbers

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