Basic Jobs & Occupations
അടിസ്ഥാന തൊഴിലുകൾ
Naming your job is part of every self-introduction — and German, like Malayalam, usually doesn't need an article in front of the profession itself.
Grammar Comparison
വ്യാകരണ താരതമ്യം
No article needed before a profession
Ich bin Lehrer. (I am a teacher — NOT 'Ich bin ein Lehrer')
ഞാൻ അധ്യാപകനാണ്. (I teacher-am — no article needed either, since Malayalam has no articles at all)
German usually drops the indefinite article ein/eine when stating a profession after sein ('to be') — Ich bin Lehrer, not Ich bin ein Lehrer. This is one of the few places German's grammar simplifies down to Malayalam's own habit, since Malayalam never uses articles in the first place. Watch for the exception: the moment you add a describing adjective, the article returns — Ich bin ein guter Lehrer ('I am a good teacher').
Vocabulary
വാക്കുകൾ
- Malayalam
- അധ്യാപകൻadhyaapakan
- English
- teacher
- Malayalam
- ഡോക്ടർdoctor
- English
- doctor
- Malayalam
- വിദ്യാർത്ഥിvidyaarthi
- English
- student
- Malayalam
- എഞ്ചിനീയർengineer
- English
- engineer
- Malayalam
- നിന്റെ തൊഴിൽ എന്താണ്?ninte thozhil enthaanu?
- English
- What's your job?