Learn how to ask and answer the question "What do you do?"
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| Jessi: Top 25 Spanish Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 4: What do you do? in Spanish (In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll master a common question for Spanish learners, and then learn how to answer it like a native. You'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then through repetition and new vocabulary, you'll expand your understanding of the question, its answers, and any variations.) |
| In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question What do you do? In Spanish this is |
| Javier: ¿Qué haces? |
| The first word in the question is |
| Javier: qué |
| Jessi: meaning what in English. |
| Javier: (Slow, by syllable) qué |
| Jessi: Listen again and repeat. |
| Javier: qué |
| {Pause} |
| Jessi: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the translation, breaking it down, and then giving it again at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is |
| Javier: haces |
| Jessi: meaning you do. |
| Javier: (Slow, by syllable) haces |
| Jessi: Now repeat. |
| Javier: haces |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Javier: qué haces |
| {pause} |
| Jessi: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question What do you do?? |
| Javier: Soy profesor |
| Jessi: "I'm a teacher.. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Javier: (Slow) Soy profesor |
| {pause} |
| Jessi: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Javier: soy |
| Jessi: meaning am. |
| Javier: (Slow, by syllable) soy |
| Jessi: Now repeat |
| Javier: soy |
| {Pause} |
| A: And after that |
| Javier: profesor |
| meaning teacher. |
| Javier: (Slow, by syllable) profesor |
| A:Now repeat. |
| Javier: profesor |
| {Pause} |
| Jessi: Listen to the speaker say, I'm a teacher., and then repeat. |
| Javier: Soy profesor |
| {pause} |
| Jessi: To use a different phrase, replace teacher with doctor. |
| Javier: doctor |
| Jessi: doctor |
| Javier: (slow) doctor (regular) doctor |
| Jessi: Listen to the phrase again, this time with doctor |
| Javier: Soy doctor |
| Jessi: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace teacher. Say I'm a doctor. |
| {pause} |
| Javier: Soy doctor |
| Jessi: To use a different phrase, replace doctor with translator. |
| Javier: traductor |
| Jessi: translator |
| Javier: (slow) traductor (regular) traductor |
| Jessi: Listen to the phrase again, this time with translator |
| Javier: Soy traductor |
| Jessi: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for doctor. Say I'm a translator. |
| {pause} |
| Javier: Soy traductor |
| Jessi: To expand on the pattern, replace translator with designer. |
| Javier: diseñador |
| Jessi: designer |
| Javier: (slow) diseñador (regular) diseñador |
| Jessi: Listen to the phrase again, this time with designer |
| Javier: Soy diseñador |
| Jessi: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for translator. Say I'm a designer. |
| {pause} |
| Javier: Soy diseñador |
| Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Spain and someone asks what you do. You are a teacher. Respond to the question. |
| Javier: ¿Qué haces? (five seconds) Soy profesor |
| Jessi: Imagine you are a doctor Respond to the question. |
| Javier: ¿Qué haces? (five seconds) Soy doctor |
| Jessi: Imagine you are a translator. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| Javier: ¿Qué haces? (five seconds) Soy traductor |
| Jessi: Imagine you're designer. Respond to the question. |
| Javier: ¿Qué haces? (five seconds) Soy diseñador |
| Jessi: You want to learn what that person does. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Javier: ¿Qué haces? |
| {pause} |
| Jessi: Now it's time to answer the question with actual information about yourself. |
| Jessi: This is the end of Lesson 4 |
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