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Careers: become, still and كان's sisters
To say what you want to become, Arabic uses أصبح or صار. Like كان, they make the job word accusative.
كان's sisters
My future career
أُريدُ أَنْ أُصْبِحَ طَبيبًا = I want to become a doctor (a girl: طَبيبةً).
أَتَمَنّى أَنْ أَصيرَ مُبَرْمِجًا ناجِحًا = I hope to become a successful programmer.
حُلْمي أَنْ أَعْمَلَ في مَجالِ التَّكْنولوجْيا = My dream is to work in technology.
أَتَمَنّى أَنْ أَصيرَ مُبَرْمِجًا ناجِحًا = I hope to become a successful programmer.
حُلْمي أَنْ أَعْمَلَ في مَجالِ التَّكْنولوجْيا = My dream is to work in technology.
Justifying a choice
الرّاتِبُ جَيِّد = The salary is good. العَمَلُ مُتْعِب = The work is tiring.
أُريدُ مِهْنةً أُساعِدُ فيها النّاس = I want a profession in which I help people.
لا أُريدُ أَنْ أَعْمَلَ في مَكْتَبٍ لِأَنَّ ذلِكَ مُمِلّ = I don't want to work in an office because that is boring.
أُريدُ مِهْنةً أُساعِدُ فيها النّاس = I want a profession in which I help people.
لا أُريدُ أَنْ أَعْمَلَ في مَكْتَبٍ لِأَنَّ ذلِكَ مُمِلّ = I don't want to work in an office because that is boring.
Translate: My brother became an engineer last year.
- Became: أصبح (verb first).
- My brother: أخي.
- An engineer: accusative مهندسًا; last year: في السنة الماضية.
Answer: أصبح أخي مهندسًا في السنة الماضية.
أصبح / صار (became), ما زال (still), ليس (is not) work like كان: the predicate takes ـًا. أريد أن أصبح طبيبًا. ما زلتُ طالبًا.
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