Jobs

Job = kang [kang1]/ kangcok [kang3cork3]

What do you do? = lu co hamik kang? [lu4 co4 ha1mik1 kang1?]

What is your job? = lu e kangcok si hamik? [lu4 ay1 kang3cork3 si3 ha1mik1?]

• my = wa e [wa4 ay1]
• his/ her = i e [i1 ay1]
• our = walang e [wa4lang2 ay1]
• your (pl.) = lulang e [lu4lang2 ay1]
• their = ilang e [i1lang2 ay1]

I am a... = wa si... [wa4 si3]

1. teacher = lause [lau3se1]
2. principal = khautio [khaau3tioor4]
3. boss = thauke [thau3kay1]
4. manager = kengli [kayng3li4]
5. policeman = kengchat [kayng4chat3]
6. doctor = lokkun [lork4kun1]
7. chauffer = chiahu [chia3hu1]
8. servant = kanglang [kang3lang2]
9. celebrity = bengseng [bayng3sayng1]
10. president = congthong [corng1thorng4]

Medan Hokkien does not have words for all the names of professions, so you can express them by saying what you do.

I am a... = wa si... e [wa4 si3... ay1] (I belong to... work)

1. vendor = khui tiam [khui3 tiam3] (open store)
2. salesperson = cio hoi [cio1 hoi3] (invite goods)
3. author = sia chek [sia4 chaek3] (write book)
4. pilot = khan poiki [khan3 poi3ki1] (drive plane)
5. caregiver for the elderly = ko laulang [kor1 lau3lang2] (take care old people)
6. caregiver for children = ko gina [kor1 gi1na4] (take care children)
7. food deliver = sang ciak [sang4 ciak1] (deliver food)
8. architect = uak to [uak4 tor2] (draw map)
9. builder = khi chu [khi4 chu3] (build house)
10. chef = cu ciak [cu4 ciak1] (cook food)

Here are some more examples:

Who works there? = hamang uan hepeng cokang? [ha1mang2 uan1 hay4payng2 co4kang1?]

Where do you work? = lu uan tolok cokang? [lu4 uan1 tor1lork1 co4kang1]

When shall we start to work? = walang tiangsi mulai cokang? [wa4lang2 tiang3si2 mu1lai4 co4kang1?]

Why do you (pl.) work? = lulang comiksu cokang? [lu4lang2 cor1mik1su3 co4kang1?]

How do they work? = ilang ancua cokang? [i1lang2 ancuua4 co4kang1?]

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