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Lesson 2 - 무슨 일을 하세요? What do you do for a living?

Let's Speak Korean 2008/10/09 13:31

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무슨 일을 하세요? = What work do you do? (= What do you do for a living?)

무슨, 뭐 = what

Note: When 무슨 is used, a noun is attached after it.

Eg.

무슨 일 = what work
무슨 직업 = what vocation
무슨 학교 = what school
무슨 옷 = what clothes [무슨 옷 샀어? = What clothes did you buy?]

But 뭐 is used alone,

Eg.

뭐 하세요? = What do you do?
병원에서 뭐 하세요? = What do you do at hospital?
집에서 뭐 하세요? = What do you do at home?

우리 can be omitted when answering the question because we already know that we are talking about my father, (우리) 아버지.

(우리) 아버지는 병원에서 일하세요. = (Our) father works at hospital.
(우리) 어머니는 병원에서 일해요. = (Our) mother works at hospital.

해요 = 하세요 They are both formal. (Verbs - Formal [Present, Past]),

의사 = doctor
간호사 = nurse
선생님 = teacher
학생 = student
배우 = actor
군인 = soldier
변호사 = lawyer
경찰 = police officer
소방관 = fire fighter
이발사 = barber