Jobs

Job = kang1/ kang3cork3

What do you do? = lu4 co4 ha1mik1 kang1?

What is your job? = lu4 ay1 kang3cork3 si3 ha1mik1?

• my = wa4 ay1
• his/ her = i1 ay1
• our = wa4lang2 ay1
• your (pl.) = lu4lang2 ay1
• their = i1lang2 ay1

I am a... = wa4 si3...

1. teacher = lau3se1
2. principal = khaau3tiior4
3. boss = thau3kay1
4. manager = kayng3li4
5. policeman = kayng4chat3
6. doctor = lork4kun1
7. chauffer = chia3hu1
8. servant = kang3lang2
9. celebrity = bayng3sayng1
10. president = 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... = wa4 si3... ay1 (I belong to... work)

1. vendor = khui3 tiam3 (open store)
2. salesperson = cio1 hoi3 (invite goods)
3. author = sia4 chaek3 (write book)
4. pilot = khan3 poi3ki1 (drive plane)
5. caregiver for the elderly = kor1 lau3lang2 (take care old people)
6. caregiver for children = kor1 gi1na4 (take care children)
7. food deliver = sang4 ciak1 (deliver food)
8. architect = uak4 tor2 (draw map)
9. builder = khi4 chu3 (build house)
10. chef = cu4 ciak1 (cook food)

Here are some more examples:

Who works there? = ha1mang2 uan1 hay4payng2 co4kang1?

Where do you work? = lu4 uan1 tor1lork1 co4kang1

When shall we start to work? = wa4lang2 tiang3si2 mu1lai4 co4kang1?

Why do you (pl.) work? = lu4lang2 cor1mik1su3 co4kang1?

How do they work? = i1lang2 ancuua4 co4kang1?

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