Basic Jobs & Occupations
അടിസ്ഥാന തൊഴിലുകൾ
French job nouns usually come in matching masculine/feminine pairs, like French nouns generally — and there's a neat grammar shortcut for stating your job that skips the article entirely.
Grammar Comparison
വ്യാകരണ താരതമ്യം
je suis + profession, no article
Je suis professeur. (I am a teacher.) — not Je suis un professeur.
ഞാൻ അധ്യാപകൻ — 'ഒരു' എന്ന വാക്ക് വേണ്ട
When stating an unmodified profession after être, French drops the indefinite article entirely: je suis médecin, not je suis un médecin. The article comes back only if the profession is described with an adjective: Je suis un bon médecin ('I'm a good doctor'). Malayalam doesn't use an article system at all — ഞാൻ അധ്യാപകനാണ് simply attaches the 'is' ending straight onto the profession noun — so this no-article rule for professions is simply a French-specific fact to memorize, since Malayalam's article-free grammar offers no equivalent habit to lean on.
Most job nouns have distinct masculine/feminine forms
un boulanger / une boulangère (baker) — un cuisinier / une cuisinière (cook)
മിക്ക തൊഴിൽപ്പേരുകൾക്കും ആണ്/പെണ് വെവ്വേറെ രൂപങ്ങളുണ്ട്
Following the general pattern of French nouns, most professions have separate masculine and feminine forms, often built with the same -er/-ère or -eur/-euse suffix swaps you see in adjectives. A growing number of newer or gender-neutral professional titles (like un/une professeur, though une professeure is now increasingly standard) show variation — French language authorities have been gradually feminizing job titles that were historically masculine-only. Malayalam job words are typically a single fixed noun regardless of gender (അധ്യാപകൻ is the everyday word whether the teacher is a man or a woman), so this two-form system for nearly every profession needs conscious memorization.
Vocabulary
വാക്കുകൾ
- Malayalam
- ബേക്കറിക്കാരൻbakerikkaaran
- English
- baker
- Malayalam
- അധ്യാപകൻadhyaapakan
- English
- teacher
- Malayalam
- ഡോക്ടർdoctor
- English
- doctor
- Malayalam
- വക്കീൽvakkeel
- English
- lawyer
- Malayalam
- എഞ്ചിനീയർengineer
- English
- engineer
- Malayalam
- പാചകക്കാരൻpaachakakkaaran
- English
- cook
- Malayalam
- നഴ്സ്nurse
- English
- nurse
- Malayalam
- ഞാൻ...(തൊഴിൽ)njaan...
- English
- I am (a/an)... [profession, no article]
- Malayalam
- അവൻ/അവൾ ...ആയി ജോലി ചെയ്യുന്നുavan/aval ...aayi joli cheyyunnu
- English
- he/she works as a/an...