A1Basics
Was machst du beruflich?
What do you do for a living? (informal)
In German
Was machst du beruflich?
Vass MAKST doo be-ROOF-lish?
🇬🇧 English
What do you do for a living? (informal)
🇪🇸 Español
¿A qué te dedicas?
🇮🇹 Italiano
Cosa fai di lavoro?
Sentence Breakdown
| Word | Translation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Was | What | Interrogative pronoun |
| machst | do | Verb (machen) in 2nd person singular |
| du | you (informal) | Personal pronoun (nominative) |
| beruflich | professionally / for a living | Adverb |
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Grammar Point
Interrogative 'was', verb 'machen', informal address
Variations
Was ist dein Beruf?
What is your profession? (informal)
Welchen Beruf hast du?
Which profession do you have? (informal)
Related
How was your weekend? (informal)
Wie war dein Wochenende?
Vee var dyne WO-chen-end-eh?
Goodbye! (formal)
Auf Wiedersehen!
Owf VEE-der-zay-en
Good morning!
Guten Morgen!
GOO-ten MOR-gen
I wish you a nice day. (formal)
Ich wünsche Ihnen einen schönen Tag.
Ish VUEN-shee EE-nen EYE-nen SHOE-nen TAHK.
I wish you a nice day. (informal)
Ich wünsche dir einen schönen Tag.
Ish VUEN-shee deer EYE-nen SHOE-nen TAHK.
How was the trip?
Wie war die Reise?
Vee var dee RYE-zeh?