Sentences in the week

What do you do? 你是做什么工作的?lawyer 律师, teacher 老师, policeman 警察, journalist 记者, Are you busy at work? 你工作忙吗?I am looking for a part-time job. 我在找一份兼职的工作。 All in today's Chinese Studio.

Cam: Okay Yajie, let's first review the common question--- what do you do?

YJ: Okay, it's 你是做什么工作的?ni3 shi4 zuo4 shen2me gong1 zuo4 de?

Cam: ni3 shi4 zuo4 shen2me gong1 zuo4 de?

YJ: 你 ni3 means you,

Cam: ni3.

YJ: 做 zuo4 means do,

Cam: zuo4,

YJ: 什么 shen2me means what,

Cam: shen2me,

YJ: 工作 gong1 zuo4 means job.

Cam: gong zuo,

YJ: 你是做什么工作的?ni3 shi4 zuo4 shen2me gong1 zuo4 de?

Cam: ni3 shi4 zuo4 shen2me gong1 zuo4 de? What do you do?

Conversation 1:

A: 你是做什么工作的?

B: 我在大学教书。你呢?你是做什么工作的?

A:我是一名医生。

Y: Then let's review the professions we mentioned this week?

Cam: okay, the first one is teacher.

YJ: teacher is 老师 lao3 shi1,

Cam: lao3 shi1 and student is 学生xue2 sheng1.

YJ: That's right. Then the second one is lawyer, in Chinese lawyer is called 律师 lv4 shi1.

Cam: lv4 shi1.

YJ: then comes policeman, it's 警察 jing3 cha2.

Cam: jing3 cha2. Then what's the Chinese for journalist?

YJ: it's 记者ji4 zhe3.

Cam: ji4 zhe3. journalist.

Conversation 2:

A: teacher, 老师, lawyer律师,policeman, 警察, journalist, 记者,

Cam: Okay Yajie, let's review the question you asked me about are you busy at work?

YJ: Sure. I said 你工作忙吗 ni3 gong1 zuo4 mang2 ma?

C: ni gong zuo mang ma?

Y: 你 ni3 means you,

C: ni3,

Y: 工作 gong1 zuo4 means work,

C: gong1 zuo4,

Y: 忙 mang2 means busy,

C: mang2.

Y: 你工作忙吗 ni gong zuo mang ma?

C: ni gong zuo mang ma? Are you busy at work?

Conversation 3:

(1)A: 你工作忙吗?

B: 还行。

(2)A: 你工作忙吗?

B: 最近挺忙的。

A: 你工作忙吗?

B: 还行。你呢?你工作忙吗?

A: 我真羡慕你。我可忙了,经常加班。

B: 那你可要注意身体。

A: 谢谢关心,我会照顾好自己的。

C: Yaj, Now I'm looking for a part-time job… let's review it again.

YJ: you can say我在找一份兼职的工作。

C: … wo zai4 zhao3 yi2fen4 jian1zhi2 de gong1zuo4.

YJ: 在 zai4 is short for 正在 zheng zhai, which means is doing sth right now,

C: zai4.

YJ: 找 zhao3 means look for,

C: zhao3,

YJ: 一份工作 yi2fen4 gong1zuo4, a job,

C: yi2fen4 gong1zuo4,

YJ: 兼职 jian1zhi2, part-time,

C: jian1 zhi2,

YJ: 兼职的工作 jian1zhi2 de gong1zuo4 part-time job.

C: jian1zhi2 de gong1zuo4

YJ: 我在找一份兼职的工作。wo zai4 zhao3 yi2fen4 jian1zhi2 de gong1zuo4

C: wo zai4 zhao3 yi2fen4 jian1zhi2 de gong1zuo4 I'm looking for a part-time job.

Conversation 4:

A:最近在忙什么呢?

B: 我在找一份兼职的工作。