Jobs, Career Choices and Ambitions
Talk about jobs and careers in Urdu. Learn the words for jobs people do and the shape of working life, like a nurse, a career and a salary, each shown in the Urdu script read right to left.
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Jobs and careers in Urdu
This module builds your Urdu vocabulary for jobs and careers: the jobs people do, and the shape of working life. Remember that Urdu is written in the Arabic script and read from right to left. A full sentence looks like this: مجھے میرا پیشہ پسند ہے, meaning I like my career. Meet each word paired with its English meaning, then practise until you know them.
Words for jobs
Start with four jobs people do. Each Urdu word is shown with its English meaning.
A job title, or work life?
It helps to sort the words into the names of jobs, and the shape of working life.
Match each job title
- نرس
- باورچی
- کسان
- سپاہی
- A nurse
- A chef
- A farmer
- A policeman
The Urdu word for nurse
Which Urdu word means a nurse?
- نرس
- باورچی
- کسان
- سپاہی
The shape of work
Work comes in many shapes. A ملازمت is the post you hold, and a پیشہ is the line of work you follow over the years. Many people work inside a دفتر, and anyone who works there is a ملازم.
Match each work-life word
- ملازمت
- پیشہ
- دفتر
- ملازم
- A job
- A career
- An office
- An employee
Which two name a job?
Select the TWO words that NAME a job someone does.
- نرس
- کسان
- دفتر
- تنخواہ
Getting a job
Put these steps of getting a job in order.
- Go for a job interview: کام کے لیے انٹرویو
- Start as an employee: ملازم
- Earn a salary: تنخواہ
Fill each gap with a word
A nurse is _____. A chef is _____. A job is _____. An office is _____. A salary is _____.
Job words in Urdu
Tap the TWO statements that are TRUE.
- نرس means a nurse.
- دفتر means an office.
- کسان means a chef.
- تنخواہ means an office.
What do you choose?
For each situation, choose the correct Urdu word.
- Someone cares for you when you are ill in hospital. Who is it?
- You want to grow crops and work the land. What are you?
- You are paid at the end of the month. What do you get?
Your turn: write in Urdu
Write the Urdu for two jobs people do and two things about working life, then use the pattern below. Write in Urdu script, right to left, because this module teaches the script itself, so that is what counts.
- Name two jobs people do
- Name two things about working life
- Write a whole Urdu sentence about a job you would like, like the one in the introduction
- Try one more, for example a sentence that means I like my career