{"id":5582,"date":"2018-04-11T22:30:54","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T03:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=5582"},"modified":"2018-06-20T09:37:29","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T14:37:29","slug":"what-is-your-job-in-korean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/what-is-your-job-in-korean\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWhat is your job?\u201d, in Korean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know how to answer when someone asks you \u201cWhat is your job?\u201d in Korean? If you are trying to describe your job or simply understand the job titles in Korean dramas, this post will provide you a useful list of job titles in Korean.<\/p>\n<p>These are questions either you can ask someone or you will be asked by someone regarding occupations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"640\"\n\t\t\t><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/What-Is-Your-Job-in-Korean-1.m4a'>What Is Your Job in Korean 1<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"audio\",\"tracklist\":false,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":false,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/What-Is-Your-Job-in-Korean-1.m4a\",\"type\":\"audio\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"What Is Your Job in Korean 1\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\\\"What Is Your Job in Korean 1\\\".\",\"meta\":{\"artist\":\"by KLM\",\"length_formatted\":\"0:21\"},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<ol>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc9c1\uc5c5\uc774<\/em> <em>\ubb50\uc608\uc694<\/em><em>?<\/em><\/span>\u201d (What is your job?) \u2013 polite<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">[jik-up-ee muh-ye-yo]<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc9c1\uc5c5\uc774<\/em> <em>\uc5b4\ub5bb\uac8c<\/em> <em>\ub418\uc2ed\ub2c8\uae4c<\/em><\/span><em>?<\/em>\u201d (What is your job?) \u2013 formal<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">[jik-up-ee uh-tuck-ke dwei-ship-ni-ka]<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\ubb34\uc2a8<\/em> <em>\uc77c<\/em> <em>\ud558\uc138\uc694<\/em><em>?<\/em><\/span>\u201d (What kind of work do you do?) \u2013 polite<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">[moo-seun il ha-se-yo]<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\ubb34\uc2a8<\/em> <em>\uc77c<\/em> <em>\ud558\uc2ed\ub2c8\uae4c<\/em><em>?<\/em><\/span>\u201d (What kind of work do you do?) &#8211; formal<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">[moo-seun il ha-ship-ni-ka]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[jik-up] <span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc9c1\uc5c5<\/em><\/span>\u201d means a job and \u201c[moo-seon-il] <span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\ubb34\uc2a8<\/em> <em>\uc77c<\/em><\/span>\u201d refers to \u201cWhat kind of work\u201d in English.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In order to answer these questions, you can simply use the following sentence pattern:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">\u201c<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc800\ub294<\/em><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><u>the name of your job<\/u><\/strong><\/span> + <span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc608\uc694<\/em><\/span>\/<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc774\uc5d0\uc694<\/em><\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">[Juh-neun <span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><u>the name of your job<\/u> <\/strong><\/span>+ ye-yo\/ee-e-yo]<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[juh] <span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc800<\/em><\/span>\u201d is a polite form of \u201cI\u201d and \u201c[neun] <span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\ub294<\/em><\/span>\u201d is a topic marker in Korean. When it comes to a verb, you can use one of the \u201c<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc608\uc694<\/em><\/span> or <span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc774\uc5d0\uc694<\/em><\/span>\u201d ending in a sentence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">*<\/span>[ye-yo] &#8211;<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc608\uc694<\/em><\/span> (to be) ending is used after a noun ending in a vowel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">ex) <span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc800\ub294<\/em> <em>\uc694\ub9ac<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\uc0ac<\/em><\/span><em><u>\uc608\uc694<\/u><\/em><\/span><em><u>.<\/u><\/em> (I am a cook.) \u2013 <span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc694\ub9ac\uc0ac<\/em><\/span> ends in a vowel, \u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\u314f<\/em><\/span>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\">[Juh-neun yo-ri-s<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">a<\/span>&#8211;<u>ye-yo]<\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600\">*<\/span>[ee-e-yo] &#8211;<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc774\uc5d0\uc694<\/em><\/span> (to be) ending is used after a noun ending in a consonant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">ex) <span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc800\ub294<\/em> <em>\uc120\uc0dd<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\ub2d8<\/em><\/span><em><u>\uc774\uc5d0\uc694<\/u><\/em><em><u>.<\/u><\/em><\/span> (I am a teacher.) &#8211; <span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc120\uc0dd\ub2d8<\/em><\/span> ends in a consonant, \u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\u3141<\/em><\/span>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\">[juh-neun sun-sang-ni<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">m<\/span>&#8211;<u>ee-e-yo]<\/u><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5583 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/What-Is-Your-Job-in-Korean-1024x467.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/What-Is-Your-Job-in-Korean-1024x467.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/What-Is-Your-Job-in-Korean-350x160.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/What-Is-Your-Job-in-Korean-768x350.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/What-Is-Your-Job-in-Korean.png 1063w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Photo by KLM<\/p>\n<p>The following is a list of common occupations in the Korean language. For your convenience, I organize them by the consonant endings and the vowel endings in Korean.<\/p>\n<p>Job titles ending in vowels:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc800\ub294<\/em><\/span> <strong><span style=\"color: #000000\"><u>the name of your job<\/u><\/span><\/strong> + <span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc608\uc694.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5582-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/What-Is-Your-Job-in-Korean-vowel-endings.m4a?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/What-Is-Your-Job-in-Korean-vowel-endings.m4a\">https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/What-Is-Your-Job-in-Korean-vowel-endings.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n<ol>\n<li>[yo-ri-sa] (<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc694\ub9ac<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\uc0ac<\/em><\/span><\/span> \u2013 cook)<\/li>\n<li>[gyo-sa] (<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uad50<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\uc0ac<\/em><\/span><\/span> \u2013 teacher) &#8211; synonym of a \u201c[sun-sang-nim] (<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc120\uc0dd\ub2d8<\/em><\/span> \u2013 teacher)\u201d<\/li>\n<li>[ga-soo] (<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uac00<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\uc218<\/em><\/span><\/span> \u2013 singer)<\/li>\n<li>[en-ji-knee-uh] (<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc5d4\uc9c0\ub2c8<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\uc5b4<\/em><\/span><\/span> \u2013 engineer)<\/li>\n<li>[eui-sa] (<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc758<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\uc0ac<\/em><\/span><\/span> \u2013 doctor)<\/li>\n<li>[gan-ho-sa] (<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uac04\ud638<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\uc0ac<\/em><\/span><\/span> \u2013 nurse)<\/li>\n<li>[mi-yong-sa] (<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\ubbf8\uc6a9<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\uc0ac<\/em><\/span><\/span> \u2013 hair dresser)<\/li>\n<li>[byeon-ho-sa] (<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\ubcc0\ud638<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\uc0ac<\/em><\/span><\/span> \u2013 lawyer)<\/li>\n<li>[jak-ga] (<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc791<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\uac00<\/em><\/span><\/span> \u2013 writer)<\/li>\n<li>[woon-dong-sun-soo] (<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc6b4\ub3d9<\/em> <em>\uc120<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\uc218<\/em><\/span><\/span> \u2013 athlete)<\/li>\n<li>[gi-ja] (<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uae30<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\uc790<\/em><\/span><\/span> \u2013 reporter)<\/li>\n<li>[joo-boo] (<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc8fc<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\ubd80<\/em><\/span><\/span> \u2013 homemaker)<\/li>\n<li>sa-up-ga (<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc0ac\uc5c5<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\uac00<\/em><\/span><\/span> \u2013 business man\/woman)<\/li>\n<li>[p-ro-g-ra-muh] (<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\ud504\ub85c\uadf8\ub798<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\uba38<\/em><\/span><\/span> \u2013 programmer)<\/li>\n<li>[gi-sa] (<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uae30<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\uc0ac<\/em><\/span><\/span> \u2013 driver)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Job names ending in consonants:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc800\ub294<\/em><\/span> <strong><span style=\"color: #000000\"><u>the name of your job<\/u> <\/span><\/strong>+ <span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc774\uc5d0\uc694<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5582-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/What-Is-Your-Job-in-Korean-consonant-endings.m4a?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/What-Is-Your-Job-in-Korean-consonant-endings.m4a\">https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/What-Is-Your-Job-in-Korean-consonant-endings.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n<ol start=\"16\">\n<li>[sun-sang-nim] (<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc120\uc0dd<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\ub2d8<\/em><\/span><\/span> \u2013 teacher)<\/li>\n<li>[hak-sang] (<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\ud559<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\uc0dd<\/em><\/span><\/span> \u2013 student)<\/li>\n<li>[hoe-sa-won] (<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\ud68c\uc0ac<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\uc6d0<\/em><\/span><\/span> \u2013 office worker)<\/li>\n<li>[goon-in] (<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uad70<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\uc778<\/em><\/span><\/span> \u2013 soldier)<\/li>\n<li>[kyung-bi-won] (<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uacbd\ube44<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\uc6d0<\/em><\/span><\/span> \u2013 security guard)<\/li>\n<li>[gong-moo-won] (<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uacf5\ubb34<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\uc6d0<\/em><\/span><\/span> \u2013 government employee)<\/li>\n<li>[eun-hang-won] (<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc740\ud589<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\uc6d0<\/em><\/span><\/span> \u2013 banker)<\/li>\n<li>[kyung-chal-kwan] (<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uacbd\ucc30<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\uad00<\/em><\/span><\/span> \u2013 policeman)<\/li>\n<li>[so-bang-kwan] (<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc18c\ubc29<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\uad00<\/em><\/span><\/span> \u2013 fireman)<\/li>\n<li>[young-up-sa-won] (<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc601\uc5c5<\/em> <em>\uc0ac<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>\uc6d0<\/em><\/span><\/span> \u2013 salesperson)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Whether we enjoy talking about our job or not, our work or other people\u2019s work; a person\u2019s job is a frequently used topic in a daily conversation. I hope you will find this post to be useful when you engage in a conversation with Korean speakers. Conversely, you can candidly have fun finding what kinds of jobs are showcased in your favorite Korean dramas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uac10\uc0ac\ud569\ub2c8\ub2e4<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/span> (Thank you!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/What-Is-Your-Job-in-Korean-350x160.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/What-Is-Your-Job-in-Korean-350x160.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/What-Is-Your-Job-in-Korean-768x350.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/What-Is-Your-Job-in-Korean-1024x467.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/04\/What-Is-Your-Job-in-Korean.png 1063w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Do you know how to answer when someone asks you \u201cWhat is your job?\u201d in Korean? If you are trying to describe your job or simply understand the job titles in Korean dramas, this post will provide you a useful list of job titles in Korean. These are questions either you can ask someone or&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/what-is-your-job-in-korean\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":5583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[6,2871,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5582","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grammar","category-korean-language","category-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5582"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5762,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5582\/revisions\/5762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}