Je me destine à...

[alan gould]

In studying this verb, i came across the sentence: 

Je me destine à l'enseignement      I intend to become a teacher

Could I say "professeur" instead of naming the field?  (It's certainly easier if you want to say what you intend to teach).  If not, are there other instances in which French prefers naming the field rather than the actual profession?  Example: "Je me destine à la musique" instead of "Je me destine  à musicien."  

 merci d'avance

[George Hunt]

My feeling is that "Je me destine  à être  musicien." sounds better  than "Je me destine  à musicien."  But I am not so familiar with that expression or if it would be used like that.

[Vedas]

Hello,

Yes you're right

the natural translation would be "à l'enseignement" as French   is more abstract as a rule but you could say  "je me destine à être professeur (d'anglais)/ à enseigner l'anglais..." as well.

Yes the correct sentence would be " Je me destine à être musicien"                                                               

[Robert]

What about the other statement : "Je me destine à la musique." ? Too general ?
Should it be something like : "Je me destine à une carrière musicale." ?

[Vedas]

Hello,

both are good!

[Robert]

Merci.
There are 2 vowels next to each other : " à une "
Is that common in French, or an exception ?

[Robert]

Since no one answers, I take it the question is senseless. Except, below, an extra consonant is inserted for the sole purpose of breaking up the vowels, am I right?

Y a-t-il un chien dans la maison?

[Vedas]

Hello,

the question is not senseless, it's just that it is something you learn naturally without thinking, mind you French people are prone to make mistakes in that domain too.

As a matter of fact the rules are quite complicated and would need times to explain it correctly:

Liaisons break up in 3 categories:

- liaison obligatoire

- liaison facultative

- liaison interdite

But it's too vast a subject to be dealt with here, you should look up up a grammar and have a look on the specific rules or : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liaison_en_fran%C3%A7ais.