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Lesson 38.01B1

Work & Career

काम और करियर

Hindi speakers already know from earlier lessons that French pairs specific prepositions with specific verbs in ways that don't always match a single Hindi postposition. postuler pairs with pour (or à) for 'applying' to a position — Hindi's आवेदन करना ('to apply') pairs with के लिए, which lines up neatly with pour most of the time, but French still splits this idea across two possible prepositions where Hindi uses just one.

Grammar Comparison

व्याकरण तुलना

postuler à / pour un poste — applying for a position

French

J'ai postulé pour ce poste la semaine dernière.

Hindi

मैंने पिछले हफ़्ते इस पद के लिए आवेदन किया।

postuler pairs with pour (or, less commonly, à) before the position — postuler pour un emploi, postuler à un poste. Hindi's आवेदन करना ('to apply') pairs with के लिए ('for the sake of') — मैंने इस पद के लिए आवेदन किया — which maps onto pour reasonably well most of the time. But के लिए is a single fixed postposition in Hindi, while French splits this idea across two possible prepositions depending on the verb and context, so don't assume every Hindi के लिए phrase will automatically point you to pour rather than à when talking about jobs.

Vocabulary

शब्दावली

le CVluh say-VAY
Hindi
बायोडेटाbāyoḍeṭā
English
résumé/CV
l'entretien d'embauchelahn-truh-tee-AN dahm-BOHSH
Hindi
नौकरी का साक्षात्कारnaukrī kā sākṣātkār
English
job interview
le posteluh post
Hindi
पदpad
English
position/job
l'entreprise (f)lahn-truh-PREEZ
Hindi
कंपनीkampanī
English
company
le salaireluh sah-LAIR
Hindi
वेतनvetan
English
salary
le/la collègueluh/lah koh-LEG
Hindi
सहकर्मीsahakarmī
English
colleague
le patron / la patronneluh pah-TROHN / lah pah-TRON
Hindi
मालिक/मालकिनmālik/mālkin
English
boss
démissionnerday-mee-see-oh-NAY
Hindi
इस्तीफ़ा देनाistīfā denā
English
to resign
embaucherahm-boh-SHAY
Hindi
नौकरी पर रखनाnaukrī par rakhnā
English
to hire
licencierlee-sahn-see-AY
Hindi
नौकरी से निकालनाnaukrī se nikālnā
English
to lay off/dismiss
le stageluh stahzh
Hindi
इंटर्नशिपinṭarnaśip
English
internship
le télétravailluh tay-lay-trah-VYE
Hindi
घर से कामghar se kām
English
remote work
la retraitelah ruh-TRET
Hindi
सेवानिवृत्तिsevānivṛtti
English
retirement
les responsabilités (f)lay res-pon-sah-bee-lee-TAY
Hindi
ज़िम्मेदारियाँzimmedāriyāñ
English
responsibilities
la promotionlah proh-moh-see-OHN
Hindi
पदोन्नतिpadonnati
English
promotion