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    The document provides examples of different jobs described in Spanish. It lists 20 jobs, with 3 sentences describing each job including what the person does and where they work. It also includes brief sections about cognates, which are words that are similar in different languages, and false cognates, which look similar but have different meanings. The jobs listed include mail carrier, fisherman, maid, waiter, truck driver, librarian, baseball player, businessman, barber, gardener, cashier, window washer, welder, forklift driver, bricklayer, and police officer.

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    JOBS

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    Saavedra Lopez
    The document provides examples of different jobs described in Spanish. It lists 20 jobs, with 3 sentences describing each job including what the person does and where they work. It also includes brief sections about cognates, which are words that are similar in different languages, and false cognates, which look similar but have different meanings. The jobs listed include mail carrier, fisherman, maid, waiter, truck driver, librarian, baseball player, businessman, barber, gardener, cashier, window washer, welder, forklift driver, bricklayer, and police officer.

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    TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ORURO

    NATIONAL FACULTY OF ENGINEERING


    LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT

    LIN 1101 A

    PROFESSOR: JHANNET VEÁSQUEZ ORTIZ


    WHAT IS YOU JOB? UNIT 1
    WHAT IS HIS JOB?

    • He is a mail carrier.
    • He delivers letters and packages.
    WHAT IS HIS JOB?

    • He is a commercial fisherman.
    • He works on a large ship.
    • He catches fish.
    WHAT IS HER JOB?

    • She is a maid.
    • She works in a hotel.
    • She cleans the rooms and
    changes the sheets on the bed.
    WHAT IS HIS JOB?

    • He is a waiter.
    • He works in a restaurant.
    • He serves food to customers.
    WHAT IS HIS JOB?

    • He is a truck driver.
    • He drives a truck.
    WHAT IS HER JOB?

    • She is a librarian.
    • She works in a library.
    • She helps visitors check out
    books.
    WHAT IS HIS JOB?

    • He is a professional baseball
    player.
    • He plays baseball.
    WHAT IS HIS JOB?

    • He is a businessman.
    • He owns a small business.
    • He hires workers and tells them
    what to do.
    WHAT IS HIS JOB?

    • He is a barber.
    • He works in a barbershop.
    • He cuts men’s hair.
    WHAT IS HIS JOB?

    • He is a gardener.
    • He works outside.
    • He cuts the grass and trims the
    bushes.
    WHAT IS HIS JOB?

    • He is a cashier.
    • He works in a grocery store.
    • He rings up the groceries for the
    customers.
    WHAT IS HIS JOB?

    • He is a window washer.
    • He works outside.
    • He washes windows.
    WHAT IS HIS JOB?

    • He is a welder.
    • He works in a factory.
    • He welds metals.
    WHAT IS HIS JOB?

    • His is a forklift driver.


    • He works in a factory.
    • He drives a forklift.
    WHAT IS HER JOB?

    • She is a bricklayer.
    • She works outside.
    • She builds houses.
    WHAT IS HER JOB?

    • She is a police officer.


    • She works outside.
    • She keeps the community safe.
    COGNATES
    Cognates are words that  Many words in English
    belong to different have nearly identical
    languages but are Spanish cognates.
    identical or very similar to Only the pronunciation
    each other in spelling and is different and, at
    meaning. most, a very little
    spelling change.
    COGNATES
    FALSE COGNATES
    • Some Spanish words look like English words but they
    have a very different meaning. These words are called
    false cognates. Here are a few examples :
    • actual - current (NOT actual)
    • asistir - to attend (NOT to assist)
    • largo - long (NOT large)
    • embarazada - pregnant (NOT embarrassed)
    • la fábrica - factory (NOT fabric)
    • la librería - bookstore (NOT library)
    • exito – success (NOT exit)
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    the whole country.
    The price?
    Ridiculous! (only
    $69)
    • South Korean authorities
    encourage men to marry
    foreign women but their
    brides are often victims
    of abuse.
    .

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    being built in the desert
    DUBAI

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    • Solar mega-projects
    around the world
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    ahead as Covid cases surge in
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