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30 top jobs in French
How to talk about jobs in french ☞ French GCSE Question
Get top marks at your French GCSE exam. Listen to Lara talking about jobs in French and answer this typical French GCSE question : Quel métier / Quelle profession aimerais-tu faire? What job/ profession would you like to do? Pay attention to jobs in french masculine and feminine. Then do the interactive exercise in French below and watch the video at the end of this article.
Quel métier / Quelle profession aimerais-tu faire?
How to form the masculine and feminine of jobs in French
This is how to form the masculine and feminine of jobs in French
1. Regular form, simply add ‘e’ after the noun
For example, un avocat ☞ une avocate
2. Regular form ending with ‘en’, double the ‘n’
For example, un informaticien ☞ une informaticienne
3. Regular form ending in ‘eur’ change the ‘r’ to ‘se’
For example, un serveur ☞ une serveuse
4. Irregular form in ‘eur’ transform into ‘rice’
For example, un facteur ☞ une factrice
5. Regular form in ‘er’, transform into ‘ère’
For example, un infirmier ☞ une infirmière
6. Note that some jobs, typically held by men in the past, do not have a feminine form
For example, un soldat
30 jobs in french masculine and feminine
Here is a table of 30 professions in french from a to z :
| Masculine | Feminine | Translation |
| 1. Un agriculteur 2. Un avocat 3. Un boucher 4. Un boulanger 5. Un caissier 6. Un coiffeur 7. Un commercial 8. Un créateur de mode 9. Un dentiste` 10. Un directeur 11. Un électricien 12. Un employé de bureau 13. Un facteur 14. Un fonctionnaire 15. Un infirmier 16. Un informaticien 17. Un ingénieur 18. Un journaliste 19. Un maçon 20. Un mécanicien 21. Un médecin 22. Un pompier 23. Un professeur 24. Un réalisateur 25. Un secrétaire 26. Un serveur 27. Un soldat 28. Un steward 29. Un urgentiste 30. Un vendeur | 1. Une agricultrice 2. Une avocate 3. Une bouchère 4. Une boulangère 5. Une caissière 6. Une coiffeuse 7. Une commerciale 8. Une créatrice de mode 9. Une dentiste` 10. Une directrice 11. Une électricienne 12. Une employée de bureau 13. Une factrice 14. Une fonctionnaire 15. Une infirmière 16. Une informaticienne 17. Une ingénieure 18. Une journaliste 19. Une maçonne 20. Une mécanicienne 21. Une médecin 22. Une pompier 23. Une professeur 24. Une réalisatrice 25. Une secrétaire 26. Une serveuse 27. Une soldat 28. Une hôtesse de l’air 29. Une urgentiste 30. Une vendeuse | A farmer a lawyer a butcher a baker a cashier a hairdresser a sales director a fashion designer a dentist a director an electrician a desk clerk a postman a notary a nurse an IT specialist an engineer a journalist a brick layer a mechanics a doctor a firefighter a teacher a film director a secretary a waiter a soldier a steward an A&E nurse a salesperson |
10 Profession sentences in french
Here you can learn how to justify in French which jobs you would like to do :
- J’aimerais être un agriculteur/une agricultrice parce que j’aime la campagne ☞ I would like to be a farmer because I love the countryside
- J’aimerais être un avocat/une avocate parce que la loi et la justice me passionne ☞ I would like to be a lawyer because I’m passionate about law and justice
- J’aimerais être un ingénieur/une ingénieure car je suis fort/e en maths ☞ I would like to be an engineer because I’m good at maths
- J’aimerais être un/une urgentiste car je suis courageux/courageuse ☞ I would like to work in A&E because I am brave
- J’aimerais être un steward/une hôtesse de l’air car voyager me fascine ☞ I would like to be a steward because I find travelling fascinating
- J’aimerais être un créateur/créatrice de mode car la mode, c’est ma passion ☞ I would like to be a fashion designer because fashion is my passion
- J’aimerais être infirmier/infirmière car je veux être utile aux autres ☞ I would like to be a nurse because I want to be useful to others
- J’aimerais être informaticien/informaticienne car je suis féru/e d’informatique ☞ I would like to be an IT specialist because I am fond of IT
- J’aimerais être directeur/directrice d’école car j’aime les enfants et je n’ai pas peur des responsabilités ☞ I would like to be a headteacher because I like children and responsibilities don’t scare me.
- Je veux être un médecin car je veux soigner les gens ☞ I would like to be a doctor because I want to treat people
Learn the French profession vocabulary in Quizlet ➣ Jobs in French
Here is the vocabulary in French that you can learn in the Quizlet app.
Check out your understanding and do the French online exercise ➣ Jobs in French
This is a memory game. Learn the vocabulary about jobs in French then test your knowledge with this interactive online exercice in French ✌
The conditional in French ❙ Le conditionnel en français
Please note that when you say ‘Je voudrais être …’ you are using the conditional in French of the verb to want ‘vouloir’, to make up the conditional, you need to use the stem for the conditional + the following endings :
Je, tu ☞ ais
il/elle/on ☞ ait
nous ☞ ions
vous ☞ iez
ils/elles ☞ aient
| Aimer stem ☞ aimer | to love | apprendre stem ☞ apprendr | to learn | vouloir stem ☞ voudr | to want |
| j’aimerais | I’d love | j’apprendrais | I’d learn | je voudrais | I’d want |
| tu aimerais | you’d love | tu apprendrais | you’d learn | tu voudrais | you’d want |
| il/elle aimerait | he/she’d love | il apprendrait | he/she’d learn | il voudrait | he’d want |
| nous aimerions | we’d love | nous apprendrions | we’d learn | nous voudrions | we’d want |
| vous aimeriez | you’d love (polite) | vous apprendriez | you’d learn | vous voudriez | you’d want |
| ils/elles aimeraient | they’s love | ils apprendraient | they’d learn | ils voudraient | they’d want |
Quel métier aimerais-tu faire ❙ which job would you like to do ❙ French GCSE video
Do you need more help with your French GCSE exam, here is one of a collection to learn how to answer typical French GCSE questions in French. In this a video, you will learn how to talk about jobs in French and why do you choose one in particular ✔
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