Personal Activities 4

Personal Activities 4

We saw some possible occupations, in Personal Descriptions 1, in answer to the question:

Pandr’ew agas soodh?                         What is your occupation?

You can put them together with the answer to the question:

Pe le thesta o conis? (familiar) (SWFM Pleth esos ta ow konis?) Pe le thero whei o conis? (formal or plural) (SWFM Pleth esowgh hwi ow konis?) Pe le thesta o lavürya? (familiar) (SWFM Pleth esowgh hwi ow lavurya?) Pe le thero whei o lavürya? (formal or plural)         (SWFM Pleth esowgh hwi ow lavurya?) Pe le thesta o obery? (familiar) (SWFM Pleth esowgh whi owth oberi?) Pe le thero whei obery? (formal or plural) (SWFM Pleth esowgh whi owth oberi?)

Where do you work (or labour/cultivate)? Where do you work (or labour/toil/slave)? Where do you work (or act/create/operate)?

e.g. (with some extra occupations)

Skrifenyades o vy. Thero vy obery en sodhva.

I am a secretary. I work in an office.

Tiek o vy. Thero vy o conis war o bargen tir.

I am a farmer. I work on my farm.

Den whel o vy. Thero vy o lavürya war an hens horn.

I am a workman. I work on the railway.

Golghwreg o vy. Thero vy o lavürya en golghty.

I am a washer woman. I work in a laundry.

Proffessor o vy. Thero vy obery en ûniversita.

I am a professor. I work in a university.

Plobmer o vy. Thero vy obery en treven.

I am a plumber. I work in houses.

Bedn’vas o vy. Thero vy o lavürya hardh e’n chei.

I am a housewife. I work hard in the house.