To ask what someone does (for a living) - use the verbs ukusebenza (to work) and ukukwenza (to do) plus the interrogatives -ni (what) and -phi (where)
See also interrogatives
ukusebenza to work
ukuwenza to do (it)
ukufunda to study
-ni? what?
-phi? where?
nginu- ngiyi- I am
njenga, njenge- njengo- as
njenjani? as what?
Usebenzani? What is your work?
Usebenzaphi Where is your work Usebenza kuphi? You work where? Ngisebenza e- I work at ... as... Ngingu- ngiyi- I am eg ngiyiVet or ngingumfundisi
Ngisebenza e- ... njenja- I work at .../as
... eg ngisebenza eFleet Street
njengeGrantmaker or ngisebenzela
iSainsburys I work for Sainsbury's
Wena wenzani? What do you do? = you, you do
what
Wenzani ngokusebenza? You do what for a
living? Nami ngisebenza etc Ngizosebenza I will work Ngifanelene
ngisebenze kakhulu I must work very hard Angisebenzi I am not working Ngingasebenza I can work Ngingathanda
ukusebenza I would like to work
Ngiyafunda I am studing
Ufunda kuphi? or Ufundaphi? Where are you studying? Ufundani (lapho?) What are you studying (there?) Angifundi I'm not studying Ngifunda I study eg Ngifunda
isiZulu I study Zulu Ngifunda eDeptford
College I study at Deptford College
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5 August 2002