Learn how to talk about your occupation
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| Hi everyone, I'm Thomas |
| hallo dai, ik ben Tomas. |
| Welcome to the Dutch Whiteboard Lessons. |
| In this lesson you'll learn to explain your occupation to someone. |
| Let's get started. |
| Ok, let's look at the vocabulary. |
| First we have the Dutch word for police officer |
| politieagent. |
| politieagent. |
| Next up the Dutch word for lawyer, which is |
| advocaat. |
| advocaat. |
| The Dutch word for doctor is pretty easy |
| dokter. |
| The Dutch word for student is written exactly the same, |
| but the pronunciation is slightly different |
| student. |
| Then the Dutch word for accountant, which is identical |
| accountent. |
| Gets a little trickier with the Dutch word for nurse. |
| Let's have a look, we have two options. |
| One is |
| verpleger. |
| The other option is |
| verpleegster. |
| A barista in Dutch is a |
| barista. |
| A teacher, however, is a |
| leraar. |
| The Dutch word for firefighter |
| brandweerman. |
| The Dutch word for chef or cook is |
| kok. |
| And finally the Dutch word for engineer comes from the French |
| ingenieur. |
| Let's look at the dialogue. |
| Ben je leraar? |
| Are you a teacher? |
| Nee, ik ben geen leraar, ik ben student. |
| No, I'm not a teacher, I'm a student. |
| You'll notice that there is no distinction in gender in these sentences. |
| Now let's look at some speaking examples. |
| Nee, ik ben geen brandweerman, ik ben politieagent. |
| No, I'm not a firefighter, I'm a police officer. |
| Nee, ik ben geen brandweerman, ik ben politieagent. |
| Nee, ik ben geen accountant, ik ben advocaat. |
| No, I'm not an accountant, I'm a lawyer. |
| Nee, ik ben geen accountant, ik ben advocaat. |
| Nee, ik ben geen verpleegster, ik ben barista. |
| No, I'm not a nurse, I'm a barista. |
| In this list, |
| the only term that has an explicit distinction between feminine and masculine forms |
| is |
| verpleegster. |
| Verpleegster is the version applied to women. |
| The masculine version is verpleegster |
| verpleegster. |
| Brandweerman literally has the word for man in it, |
| but this word does not have a feminine equivalent in Dutch. |
| Let's look more closely at the sentence pattern that is repeated in all these examples. |
| Nee, ik ben geen occupation A |
| ik ben occupation B. |
| Have you noticed? |
| Compared to the English, in Dutch we don't use articles when stating your profession. |
| In English we say, I am a lawyer |
| but in Dutch it's |
| ik ben advocaat. |
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