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How do you say "What is your job?" in Mexican Spanish?
¿En qué trabajas?
In Mexican Spanish, "What is your job?" is ¿En qué trabajas?.
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Pronunciation
En kay trah-BAH-has: en (in) is pronounced simply, trabaja has stress on the second syllable with a soft j sound.
Grammar notes
Trabajar is a regular -ar verb. Trabajas is the second person singular (you work). En qué (in what) is the interrogative structure for asking about occupation.
Example sentence
¿En qué trabajas tú?
What is your job?
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How to remember ¿En qué trabajas?
Trabajar sounds like 'trah-bah-har.' Work in Spanish contains the root 'trabaj,' which sounds like 'toil' in English.
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- What is the weather on Saturday? ¿Cómo está el clima el sábado?
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Questions about ¿En qué trabajas?
How do you say "What is your job?" in Mexican Spanish?
In Mexican Spanish, "What is your job?" is ¿En qué trabajas?. It is a noun.
How is ¿En qué trabajas? written in Mexican Spanish?
¿En qué trabajas? is written using the standard Mexican Spanish script.
How is ¿En qué trabajas? used in a sentence?
Use ¿En qué trabajas? as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: ¿En qué trabajas tú? (What is your job?).
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"What is your job?" in other languages
- Japanese 仕事は何ですか？ (shigoto wa nan desu ka ？)
- Korean 직업이 뭐예요? (jigeobi mweoyeyo?)
- Chinese 你的工作是什么? (nǐ de gōng zuò shì shén me ?)
- Spanish ¿Cuál es tu trabajo?
- French Quel est ton travail ?
- German Was ist dein Beruf?
- Italian Qual è il tuo lavoro?
- Russian Кем ты работаешь? (kem ty rabotaešʹ?)
- Greek Τι δουλειά κάνεις; (ti dhulia kanis)
- Arabic أنت شغال إيه؟ (inta shaghghael 'ieeh)
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