Job suffixes
Update: 2025-10-20
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What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.
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Job names ending in –er: presenter, teacher, train driver Job names ending in –or: actor (some people say actress for female actors), translator Job names ending in –ian: librarian, politician, optician Job names ending in –ist: journalist, receptionist, dentist
librarian کتابدار optician اپتومتریست
What's the connection between a teacher, a driver or, like Neil and Sophie, a presenter? Well, these words all end in the letters -er. This is a common job suffix, but it's not the only one. In the programme you'll learn others like -ist, -ian and -or