{"id":1807,"date":"2019-04-30T23:55:13","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T23:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=1807"},"modified":"2019-05-01T10:46:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T10:46:00","slug":"the-job-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2019\/04\/30\/the-job-question\/","title":{"rendered":"The Job Question"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mimes at Tivoli, K\u00f8benhavn (courtesy of R\u00fcdiger Stehn
at Flickr<\/a>, CC BY-SA 2.0 license<\/a>).<\/p><\/div>\n

Hvad arbejder ud med?<\/strong> (What\u2019s your job?) Many people enjoy talking about their job, and Danes are no exception! \ud83d\ude42 Gear up the conversation with some work-related vocabulary \u2013 and don\u2019t be put off by the ocassional brok<\/strong> (complainings), which is often just a way to vent some Danish irony\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2013 Jeg er tjener \/ l\u00e6rer \/ bager.<\/strong> (I\u2019m a waiter \/ teacher \/ baker.)<\/p>\n

\u2013 Det lyder sp\u00e6ndende. Hvor arbejder du henne?<\/strong> (That sounds interesting. Where are you working?)<\/p>\n

Note that in Danish, you don\u2019t need to say you\u2019re \u201da\u201d something (when talking \u2019bout professions). For example, instead of saying \u201dI\u2019m a dancer\u201d you\u2019d just go \u201dI\u2019m dancer\u201d (jeg er danser<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

As you can see, many job titles have the ending -er<\/strong>. You already know it from English: It\u2019s added to verbs (action words) in order to denote the person performing the action. In that way, at l\u00e6re<\/strong> (to teach) is turned into en l\u00e6rer<\/strong> (a teacher). Decades ago, Danes would additionally add -inde<\/strong> if the topic of conversation was a female teacher (l\u00e6rerinde<\/strong>), but this system is hardly in use anymore. Another originally female ending, -ske<\/strong>, survives in the word sygeplejerske<\/strong>, which means \u201dnurse\u201d (whether female or male).<\/p>\n

Here are some more -er<\/strong> professions:<\/p>\n

t\u00f8mrer, r\u00f8rl\u00e6gger, politiker, dommer, maler, sanger, skuespiller, fisker, j\u00e6ger, designer, blogger<\/strong> (carpenter, plumber, politician, judge, painter, singer, actor, fisherman, hunter, designer, blogger).<\/p>\n

And here are some common job titles that don\u2019t take the -er<\/strong> ending:<\/p>\n

politimand, brandmand, l\u00e6ge, pr\u00e6st, landmand, advokat, journalist<\/strong> [shorn-], fysioterapeut, psykolog, klovn, kok, soldat, s\u00f8mand, buschauff\u00f8r, taxachauff\u00f8r, ingeni\u00f8r<\/strong> [inshenyOR], filmstjerne<\/strong> (police, firefighter, doctor, priest, farmer, lawyer, journalist, fysiotherapist, psycologist, clown, cook, soldier, sailor, bus driver, taxi driver, engineer, movie star).<\/span><\/p>\n

Kan du lide dit job?<\/strong> (Do you like your job?)<\/span><\/p>\n

Hvad er det bedste\/v\u00e6rste ved dit arbejde?<\/strong> (What\u2019s the best\/worst part about your work?)<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeg har s\u00f8de kollegaer.<\/strong> (I\u2019ve got nice colleagues.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Gl\u00e6der du dig til sommerferien?<\/strong> (Do you look forward to the summer holiday?)<\/span><\/p>\n

Danes typically work \u201donly\u201d 37 hours a week and use weekenden<\/strong> (the weekend) for fun and relaxation. Being between jobs is not unusual, and people without work usually prefer to describe themselves as jobs\u00f8gende<\/strong> (\u201djob-searching\u201d) rather than arbejdsl\u00f8s<\/strong> (\u201dwork-less\u201d).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Hvad arbejder ud med? (What\u2019s your job?) Many people enjoy talking about their job, and Danes are no exception! \ud83d\ude42 Gear up the conversation with some work-related vocabulary \u2013 and don\u2019t be put off by the ocassional brok (complainings), which is often just a way to vent some Danish irony\u2026 \u2013 Jeg er tjener \/…<\/p>\n

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