English Phrases: What do you do in life? (What do you do for a living?)

If you want to know what someone does for a living, the most natural phrases you can use in Italian are:

The literal translation of this phrase is “what do you do in life?” but this implies that you are referring to the person’s career, not his or her hobbies.

thing is a noun meaning “something” but when used as a question word it means “what”.You can also use a slightly more formal That what Literally means “something”.

bright is the second person singular of the verb fare (to do / Do). In a more formal context, bright should be formally replaced by the second person FA And, more often than not, Italians change the phrase completely, as in the example below. This is because asking “what do you do in life” is more colloquial.

exist is a compound preposition – which means it is a combination of prepositions (in this case exist = exist) and a Definite article (in this case This = This).

Finally, let’s talk about feminine nouns Lifemeaning is Life. There are reasons in front This Because, as a general rule, in Italian, all nouns must be preceded by an article.

You can also phrase this question in several other ways:

• What do you do = What do you do
• What do you do = What is your job/occupation?
• What is your major? = What is your major?
• What do you do = What do you do