"What is your profession?"
Translation:Was ist dein Beruf?
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Use "dein" when the noun that follows it is neutral (a "das" word). Use "deine" when the noun that it is referring to is femenine (a "die" word). This is true for any -ein word.
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Yes, that's very good.
"Was bist du von Beruf ?" is almost okay, but just a bit too formal when you say "Du" to each other.
"Was ist dein Beruf?" is just acceptable, but you won't hear it very often, it sounds a bit queer.
As I recall from German class in highschool, it was "was machst du von Beruf?"
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I just tried this and had it rejected, but 'Was macht sie von Beruf?' was accepted on a previous question 'What is her profession?' I don't understand!
Two possible sources of confusion: 1. "Sein" takes nominative (as do a few other verbs) and 2. "ein" words have no ending in the nominative masculine singular, so it is "dein."
"Was hast du für einen Beruf?" it marked that wrong, by highlighting "einen"; does that mean it doesn't take the accusative? I thought it would, since it has "hast", ... or is "für einen Beruf" the Nebensatz, so therefore ends up being "für ein Beruf"?
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According to me "Arbeit", just like "work" in English, is what you do, not even always professionally: Homework (Hausaufgabe) or studying is Arbeit, chores or housework are Arbeit, gardening is Arbeit, any task is Arbeit…
A profession, as well as "ein Beruf", is what you do to pay your bills, or at least what you learnt to earn your living, if you're unemployed.
You (normally) work in your profession, but not all work is professional.
And remember, all nouns are capitalised in German :o)
sfuspvwf npj
Why isn't "Was ist deine beruf?" acceptable? Since we don't know if the person to whom we're asking is female or male?
Why isn't "Was ist deine beruf?" acceptable? Since we don't know if the person to whom we're asking is female or male?
The word Beruf is masculine, so you need dein Beruf.
The gender of du is completely irrelevant here -- it's the gender of the following noun that decides the ending.
“Was ist dein Handwerk“ accepted my answer of "what is your profession," but not the other way around.
Was ist deinen beruf ? Why this is marked wrong Is it nominative or accusative. Please help Thanks in advance
i got screen shot from the question bcuz there is a bug in the app..all of the choices were the same. where should i send it?
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You use "dein" when you wanna refer to a masculine word, on the other hand use "deine" for refering to a femenine.
why can't I say, "was ist ihre beruf?"
You can't use ihre (her / their), because the question asked for your profession and not her profession or their profession.
The word beruf does not exist in German.
"Your profession" can be dein Beruf or euer Beruf or Ihr Beruf, depending on how many people you are talking to and how well you know them. der Beruf is masculine so the possessive determiner will have no ending.
When do i know when to use dein(or diene) or du. is the term du considered slang and the term dein considered proper. Or maybe i just have the vocabulary wrong? Please help
dein, deine means "your", as in dein Buch = your book, deine Mutter = your mother
du means "you"
diene means "serve; am serving", as in ich diene dem König = I serve the king.
is the term du considered slang and the term dein considered proper.
Both are proper; they simply mean different things -- like "your" and "you" in English.