228: Jobs in Italian: Say What You Do or Did
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🗓️ 5 May 2026
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Summary
Learn how to talk about your jobs in Italian, past or present, with words and phrases for this common conversation topic.
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Today's Italian words:
Sono in pensione = I’m retired
Sono in pensione, ma ero insegnante = I’m retired, but I was a teacher
Che lavoro fai = What job do you do?
Sono video editor = I’m a video editor
Sei anche cuoco = You’re also a cook
Sei anche manager, insegnante, cameraman = You’re also a manager, teacher, cameraman
Ero grafico = I was a graphic designer
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| 0:00.0 | Ciao, just a quick note before we get started, we wanted to let you know that doors to our online Italian school are opening very soon. |
| 0:07.7 | We'd love to see you there, so if you think you might like to join us, click the link in the description to find out more. |
| 0:16.2 | What job do you do? |
| 0:21.4 | It's a really common question |
| 0:22.8 | Italians ask to make small talk |
| 0:25.0 | and get to know you. |
| 0:26.5 | In today's episode, |
| 0:28.0 | you'll learn how to answer that question |
| 0:29.9 | and chat about what you do |
| 0:31.6 | or used to do for work. |
| 0:34.3 | That way, you can keep the conversation |
| 0:35.7 | going in Italian |
| 0:36.5 | and also understand Italian's |
| 0:38.5 | replies if you ask them what they do as well. |
| 0:51.9 | Hi everyone and welcome to learn Italian with joy of languages. Hi, all, and benvenuti. |
| 0:54.7 | Hi, everyone and welcome to learn Italian with joy of languages. |
| 0:58.8 | So we're going to talk about jobs in Italian, but we're not going to make you listen to an endless list of job titles. |
| 1:05.6 | Instead, you'll find out how you can talk about jobs in a way that's useful and relevant for your conversations. |
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