Phrase · 💬 Asking about someone's life
—¿Y tú qué haces? —Trabajo en un hotel.
—And what do you do? —I work in a hotel.
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Why every word is where it is
—¿Yconjunctionandtú1pronounyou2nd sing. · subjectqué2pronounwhathaces3verbdo you dohacer · present · 2nd sing.?—Trabajo4verbI worktrabajar · present · 1st sing.enprepositioninundeterminerauno · masc. · sing. · indefinitehotelnounhotelmasc. · sing..
- qué → haces: do what?
- tú → haces: tú + haces
- Trabajo → en: trabajar en + place
- un → hotel: agree: masc. sing.
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1¿Y tú…?: the pronoun up front turns the topic to the other person. Subject pronouns and forms of address: tú, usted, ustedes →
- 2Question words carry an accent: qué. Questions and negation →
- 3¿Qué haces? = what do you do? (also "what are you doing?"). hacer: yo hago, tú haces. Present tense: irregular yo forms (-go, -zco), saber, dar, ver and ir →
- 4yo + -ar verb: trabajo. Present tense: regular -ar, -er, -ir verbs →
Variations
- —¿Y usted qué hace? —Soy profesora.
- —¿Qué haces? —Estudio y trabajo.