работать учителем
work as a teacher
Моя мама тридцать лет работала учителем.
My mom worked as a teacher for thirty years.
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Verb · A1 · very common
работать
Translation of работать
work
Russian word in Latin letters: rabotat
Meaning of работать
Russian
трудиться на должности и получать за это деньги
English
do a job
Pronunciation
Russian · Male
[rɐˈbotətʲ]
Russian · Female
Conjugation of работать
Green underlined letter = stressed vowel
- Imperfective
- Intransitive
Imperfective: ongoing or repeated action.
Present tense
| яI | рабо́таюrabótayu |
|---|---|
| тыyou | рабо́таешьrabótayesh |
| он / она́ / оно́he / she / it | рабо́таетrabótayet |
| мыwe | рабо́таемrabótayem |
| выyou (pl., formal) | рабо́таетеrabótayete |
| они́they | рабо́таютrabótayut |
Future: бу́ду рабо́тать, бу́дешь рабо́тать … (бу́ду + infinitive).
Past tense
| Masculineон | рабо́талrabótal |
|---|---|
| Feminineона́ | рабо́талаrabótala |
| Neuterоно́ | рабо́талоrabótalo |
| Pluralони́ | рабо́талиrabótali |
Imperative
| тыto one person | рабо́тайrabótay |
|---|---|
| выto several people, polite | рабо́тайтеrabótayte |
Работать has no true perfective partner: порабо́тать only means 'to work for a while'.
Traps and common mistakes
Работать как учитель or работать учителем?
работать учителем
работать учителем = work as a teacher (no «как»)
Don't say работать как учитель. Say работать учителем — the job takes the instrumental case.
Моя сестра работает врачом.
My sister works as a doctor.
Collocations with работать
Common Russian phrases grouped by meaning, with example sentences. Green words open their own page.
8 collocations
Where and as what
работать удалённо
work remotely
Два дня в неделю я работаю удалённо.
I work remotely two days a week.
- работать в офисеwork in an office
- работать по специальностиwork in your field
Work schedule
работать полный день
work full-time
Пока дети маленькие, я не могу работать полный день.
While the kids are little, I can't work full-time.
работать сверхурочно
work overtime
Перед сдачей проекта вся команда работала сверхурочно.
Before the project deadline, the whole team worked overtime.
- работать без выходныхwork seven days a week
- работать посменноwork shifts
Words related to работать
- рабо́таrabótanoun · work, job
- рабо́тникrabótniknoun · worker, employee
- рабо́чийrabóchiyadjective · working; (as a noun) workerрабо́чий день = working day.
- безрабо́тныйbezrabótnyyadjective · unemployed
- зарабо́татьzarabótatverb · to earn; to start working (of a machine)Imperfective зараба́тывать.
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I will work at the bakery on weekends.
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Я буду работать в пекарне по выходным.
She works as a nurse in the city hospital.
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Она работает медсестрой в городской больнице.
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What's the difference between работать and трудиться
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трудиться
Bookish or emphatic: to work hard.
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работать belongs to the topic "Professions →". Start with a short set of 1 word so the word is easier to remember in context.
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работать meaning: what does it mean?
do a job
работать pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?
работать is pronounced as [rɐˈbotətʲ]. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.
работать definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?
I will work at the bakery on weekends. Translation: Я буду работать в пекарне по выходным.
Is работать part of Professions vocabulary?
Yes, работать (work) can be learned in the Professions topic. This semantic link helps build related word lists and topic-based practice.
Is работать part of Study and Work vocabulary?
Yes, работать (work) can be learned in the Study and Work topic. This semantic link helps build related word lists and topic-based practice.
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