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¿Cuál es tu profesión?

¿Cuál es tu profesión?
What is your profession?
From Lesson 89:Continuing actions (seguir + gerundio)·Spanish (Latin America)

Breakdown of ¿Cuál es tu profesión?

ser
to be
tu
your
cuál
which (one)
la profesión
the profession

Questions & Answers about ¿Cuál es tu profesión?

Why does this sentence use Cuál instead of Qué for "What"?
Even though we say "What is..." in English, Spanish uses ¿Cuál es...? when asking for a specific piece of information from a large group of possibilities (like names, phone numbers, or professions). If you asked ¿Qué es tu profesión?, a native speaker would think you are asking for the dictionary definition of the word "profession".
Why isn't there an accent mark on tu?
Without an accent mark, tu is the possessive adjective meaning "your" (tu profesión = your profession). If it had an accent (tú), it would mean the subject pronoun "you".
Is profesión a masculine or feminine word?
It is feminine. As a very reliable rule, Spanish words ending in -sión or -ción are feminine, which means it uses feminine articles (like la profesión or una profesión).
Is there a more conversational way to ask what someone does for a living?
Yes! While ¿Cuál es tu profesión? is perfectly correct and natural, Spanish speakers very frequently ask ¿A qué te dedicas? (literally "To what do you dedicate yourself?") in everyday conversation.

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