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Hi, everyone! I’m Paloma from PortuguesePod101.com, and welcome to whiteboard lessons.
Oi gente! Tudo bem? Meu nome é Paloma.
Okay, so today, we’re going to talk about occupations in Portuguese.
Okay, are you ready? Let’s jump right into the vocabulary.
First one is estudante.
Estudante [enunciated]
Estudante can be used both with men and women.
That means “student.”
Next one is policial.
Policial [enunciated]
You can also use it with men and women and that means “police officer.”
Next one is advogado.
Advogado is for men and advogada, advogada is for women, and that means “lawyer.”
Next one is pesquisador and pesquisadora.
Pesquisador for men and pesquisadora for women.
That means “researcher.”
Next one is barista.
Barista
That means “barista.”
Next, we have professor.
Professor and professora.
Professora
That means “teacher” or “professor.”
Next is médico.
Médico and médica.
Médica for a woman.
That means “doctor.”
Next one is jornalista.
Jornalista
Jornalista means “journalist.”
Next, we have vendedor.
Vendedor for men and vendedora, vendedora for a woman.
That means “salesperson.”
Next is enfermeiro.
Enfermeiro and enfermeira.
Enfermeira
That means “nurse.”
Next is chef.
Chef means “chef” in English.
Next is engenheiro.
Engenheiro and engenheira.
Engenheira for a woman.
That means “engineer.”
Next is contador.
Contador and contadora.
Contadora for a woman, which means “accountant.”
And last one is caixa.
Caixa
Caixa means “cashier.”
Okay, now that we’ve seen the different vocabulary for this lesson, let’s see the dialogue.
Here’s our dialogue for today.
Você é professora?
Não, eu não sou professora. Eu sou estudante.
Você é professora? “Are you a teacher?”
Não, eu não sou professora. “No, I'm not a teacher.”
Eu sou estudante. “I'm a student.”
So, as you can see here, you have professora, so we know that we’re talking about a female person, okay? Estudante is the same for both, so we wouldn’t know if it’s a man or a woman.
Okay, now, let’s see more examples.
Não, eu não sou estudante. Eu sou policial.
Let’s try it. Can you say the gender of this person only by the sentence?
Estudante and policial. Both of those occupations are used both for men and women, so you cannot see if it’s a man or a woman you’re talking about.
Não, eu não sou estudante. Eu sou policial. “No, I'm not a student. I'm a police officer.”
Não, eu não sou policial. Eu sou advogada. “No, I’m not a police officer. I’m a lawyer.”
And here, can you see the gender? Yes, you can. You have advogada, that is feminine.
If you say:
Não, eu não sou policial. Eu sou advogada.
Then, you’re talking about a man.
Okay, so finally, let’s see the pattern for this lesson. It’s pretty simple.
Eu não sou “I’m not”
Or
Eu sou “I’m a”
You don’t need to use “a” in Portuguese.
You just say:
Eu não sou policial or eu sou policial.
You don’t need to use um or uma before the occupation, okay?

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