Work & Career
ജോലിയും തൊഴിലും
Talking about work brings the dative case back into contact with formal vocabulary you'll hear constantly in job interviews, offices, and everyday small talk about careers.
Grammar Comparison
വ്യാകരണ താരതമ്യം
bei + employer takes dative, not the accusative you might expect
Ich arbeite bei einer Firma. (I work at a company — bei is a fixed-dative preposition)
ഞാൻ ഒരു കമ്പനിയിൽ ജോലി ചെയ്യുന്നു. (company-ൽ, locative)
bei is one of the fixed-dative prepositions from the A2 prepositions lesson, and it's the default preposition for naming an employer — a detail easy to forget once several lessons have passed since you first memorized the dative-preposition list. Malayalam's -ൽ locative on കമ്പനിയിൽ carries the same 'located within this organization' sense, a useful anchor for remembering why bei reaches for dative here.
Vocabulary
വാക്കുകൾ
- Malayalam
- തൊഴിൽthozhil
- English
- profession
- Malayalam
- ജോലി / ജോലി ചെയ്യുകjoli / joli cheyyuka
- English
- work / to work
- Malayalam
- കമ്പനിcompany
- English
- company
- Malayalam
- മുതലാളിmuthalaali
- English
- boss
- Malayalam
- ശമ്പളംshampalam
- English
- salary
- Malayalam
- ജോലിക്കുള്ള അപേക്ഷjolikkulla apeksha
- English
- job application
- Malayalam
- പരിചയംparichayam
- English
- experience