Thai · CEFR Band 1 (A1) · Chapter 36
คุณทำงานอะไรWhat work do you do?
Talking about work and jobs. Vocabulary: อาชีพ, ทำงาน, หมอ, พยาบาล, วิศวกร, ครู, ตำรวจ, พนักงาน, บริษัท, เงินเดือน. Key grammar: "ทำงานเป็น + occupation" to state your job — "ผมทำงานเป็นครู" (I work as a teacher). "เป็น" is the verb from chapter 4 (S เป็น N) for "be a [something]"; ask with "ทำงานอะไร" or "ทำอาชีพอะไร". There is no "a/an" article and no number "one". English speakers translate "work AS an engineer" with "เหมือน" (like), so they wrongly say "ทำงานเหมือนวิศวกร" ✗ → "ทำงานเป็นวิศวกร" ✓. Tone corner: อาชีพ (aachîip), หมอ (mɔ̌ɔ, rising), ครู (khruu, mid).
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ทำงานเหมือน? ทำงานเป็น— ทำงานเหมือน? or ทำงานเป็น
- Somchaiเจมส์คุณทำงานอะไรครับJames, what work do you do?
- JamesผมทำงานเหมือนวิศวกรครับI work as an engineer. (slip: "as a job" is เป็น, not เหมือน "like" → ทำงานเป็นวิศวกร)
- Somchai"เหมือน"แปลว่า"คล้ายๆ"นะครับ.อาชีพต้องใช้"เป็น":"ผมทำงานเป็นวิศวกร""เหมือน" means "similar to". For a job you use "เป็น": "ผมทำงานเป็นวิศวกร".
- Jamesอ๋อผมทำงานเป็นวิศวกรที่บริษัทใหญ่ครับOh, I work as an engineer, at a big company.
- Somchaiเยี่ยมครับ!แล้วภรรยาคุณล่ะทำอาชีพอะไรGreat! And your wife — what does she do?
- Jamesเธอทำงานเป็นพยาบาลครับผมเข้าใจแล้ว—อาชีพใช้"เป็น"She works as a nurse. I understand now — a job uses "เป็น".
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ครอบครัวทำอาชีพอะไร— What does the family do?
- Maleeเจมส์พ่อของคุณทำอาชีพอะไรคะJames, what does your father do?
- Jamesพ่อผมทำงานเป็นครูครับสอนที่โรงเรียนMy father works as a teacher; he teaches at a school.
- Maleeดีจังค่ะแล้วแม่ล่ะคะHow nice. And your mother?
- Jamesแม่ผมเป็นตำรวจครับส่วนพี่สาวทำงานเป็นพยาบาลMy mother is a police officer, and my older sister works as a nurse.
- Maleeครอบครัวเก่งทุกคนเลยค่ะ!ดิฉันทำงานเป็นพนักงานบริษัทค่ะEveryone in the family is capable! I work as a company employee.
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- อาชีพ
nounoccupation, profession
- ทำงาน
verbto work
- หมอ
noundoctor
- พยาบาล
nounnurse
- วิศวกร
nounengineer
- ครู
nounteacher
- ตำรวจ
nounpolice officer
- พนักงาน
nounemployee, staff
- บริษัท
nouncompany
- เงินเดือน
nounsalary
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ทำงานเป็น + occupation (not "เหมือน")
Explanation
To say what you do for work, use "ทำงานเป็น + occupation": "ผมทำงานเป็นครู" (I work as a teacher), "เธอทำงานเป็นหมอ" (she works as a doctor). The word "เป็น" is the same verb you learned in chapter 4 (S เป็น N — "เขาเป็นคนไทย", he is Thai); here it links a person to a job. You can also answer shortly with "ผมเป็นวิศวกร" (I am an engineer). Ask with "คุณทำงานอะไร" or "คุณทำอาชีพอะไร" (what work do you do?). Remember: Thai has no "a/an" article and no "หนึ่ง" (one) — just say "เป็นครู", not "เป็นหนึ่งครู". Typical mistake: English says "work AS an engineer", so learners grab "เหมือน" (like / similar to) for "as" and get "ทำงานเหมือนวิศวกร" ✗ (= work similarly to an engineer) → the correct form is "ทำงานเป็นวิศวกร" ✓.
Examples
- ผมทำงานเป็นวิศวกรI work as an engineer.
- คุณทำงานอะไรครับWhat work do you do?
- เธอเป็นหมอ ทำงานที่โรงพยาบาลShe is a doctor; she works at a hospital.
- พนักงานคนนี้ทำงานที่บริษัทใหญ่This employee works at a big company.
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วรรณยุกต์ในชื่ออาชีพ— Tones in job names
Read aloud, keeping each job word's tone:
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