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¿Cuál es tu profesión?

¿Cuál es tu profesión?
What is your profession?
From Lesson 45:What do you do? (¿a qué te dedicas?)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about ¿Cuál es tu profesión?

Why does this sentence use "Cuál" (which) instead of "Qué" (what)?
In English, we say "What is...?", but in Spanish, when you ask someone to identify one thing out of many possibilities (like a job, a name, or a phone number) using the verb es (is), you use cuál. If you asked ¿Qué es tu profesión?, a Spanish speaker would think you are asking for the dictionary definition of the word "profesión".
Why is there no accent mark on "tu"?
Tu without an accent mark means "your", which is exactly what we need here ("your profession"). If you write tú with an accent mark, it means the subject "you". Spanish uses written accent marks to tell apart short words that sound exactly the same but have different meanings.
Why does "profesión" have an accent mark on the final "o"?
Spanish words that end in -n, -s, or a vowel naturally put the spoken emphasis on the second-to-last syllable. Since the word profesión is pronounced with the strong emphasis on the very last syllable, it needs a written accent mark on the o to break the standard rule. As a helpful tip: almost all Spanish words ending in -sión or -ción are feminine!
How would I answer this question? Do I say "Soy un..." (I am a...)?
To answer, you use the verb ser (to be) and say Soy... (I am...) followed by your job. However, in Spanish, you skip the words for "a" or "an" (un or una) when talking about your own profession! For example, you just say Soy profesor (I am teacher) or Soy médica (I am doctor).

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