"Nie mam zawodu."

Translation: I do not have a profession.

[JoshTheDennis]

I have to admit I don't hear people say this sentence very often, does "Nie mam zawodu" mean more along the lines of "I don't have a job at the minute/I'm unemployed," or, "I do odd jobs, I don't have a specific profession"?

[Jellei]

The second one. I think it says that "I don't have a learned profesion", most probably.

[JoshTheDennis]

Thanks for answering all my questions so succinctly dude, you're the best

[wyqtor]

Russian learners, please note that 'zawod' means job in Polish - NOT factory!

[aGABT31]

The programme does not accept "trade" here, offering only "profession" as a correct answer. What is the better word for "trade" (such as a joiner or electrician) and what is the equivalent word for "occupation" (as in what is your occupation?" when someone asks what you do for a living?)

[Jellei]

I think "trade" in this context should be accepted, added. Occupation was accepted already. It's rather the same word, "zawód".

[SteveLamb2]

I do not have a job?

[alik1989]

Not having a job means being unemployed. This sentences, however, implies that a person didn't learn any trade. So, there's a difference.

[Pam833405]

What an odd thing to say. What context would this statement come up in?

[alik1989]

"I neither went to college nor did I complete an apprenticeship. I do not have a profession."

[Pam833405]

I'd laugh, but that's probably 50% of the 1%

[KasiaGoclowski]

I used the word career. Is that also okay?

[Jellei]

We do not believe it fits here.