what's your job

English

English phrasebook

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what's your job?

Arabic: مَا عَمَلُك؟‎ (mā ʿamaluk?)
Egyptian Arabic: عملك ايه؟‎ (ʕámalak eih?) (pronounced "ʕámalik" when addressing a woman, same spelling)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 你的工作是什麼?, 你的工作是什么? (nǐ de gōngzuò shì shénme?)
Dutch: wat is uw baan? (formal), wat is je baan? (informal), wat is jouw baan? (informal)
Finnish: mitä teet työksesi?
French: (formal) quel est votre travail ?, (familiar) quel est ton travail ?
Galician: en que traballas?
German: (formal) als was arbeiten Sie?; was machen Sie beruflich?; (familiar) als was arbeitest du?; was machst du beruflich
Hindi: आपका काम क्या है? (āpkā kām kyā hai?)
Japanese: 仕事は何ですか (shigoto-wa nan desu ka?), 仕事は？ (ja) (shigoto-wa?) (plain)
Kazakh: жұмысын қандай? (jumısın qanday?) (informal), жұмысыныз қандай? (jumısınız qanday?) (formal)
Korean: 직업은 무엇입니까? (jigeob-eun mueosimnikka?), 직업은 뭐예요? (jigeob-eun mwoyeyo?)

Low German:
German Low German: wat is Ehr Arbeit? (formal), wat is dien Arbeit? (informal)
Persian: شغل شما چیست؟‎ (šoğl-e šomâ čist?), شغلت چیست؟‎ (šoğlat čist?) (informal)
Polish: kim jesteś z zawodu?, gdzie pracujesz?
Portuguese: qual é o seu trabalho?
Russian: (formal) кака́я у вас рабо́та? (kakája u vas rabóta?), (informal) кака́я у тебя́ рабо́та? (kakája u tebjá rabóta?)
Spanish: ¿cuál es su ocupación?
Swedish: vad är ditt jobb?
Thai: งาน (ngaan)ของ (kɔ̌ɔng)คุณ (kun)อะไร (à-rai) (ngaan kŏng kun arai?) (add ครับ (kráp) (male speaker) or คะ (ká) (female speaker) to the end to make the question more polite)
Ukrainian: (formal) яка у вас робота? (jaká u vas robóta?), (informal) яка у тебе робота? (jaká u tébe robóta?)
Urdu: آپ کا کام کیا ہے؟‎ (āp kā kām kyā hai?)
Vietnamese: công việc của bạn là gì? (generic, replace bạn with the appropriate pronoun)