Self-introduction at work: Explaining your role and previous job
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Key Phrases
Ich bin der neue Projektmanager.
I'm the new project manager.
Ich war Lehrer in London, fünf Jahre lang.
I was a teacher in London, for five years.
Wir duzen uns hier übrigens alle.
By the way, we all use first names here.
Skills You'll Learn
Introducing yourself and stating your name
Sich vorstellen und den eigenen Namen nennen
Talking about past work experience
Über frühere Berufserfahrungen sprechen
Having polite conversation on your first day at work
Höfliche Konversation am ersten Arbeitstag führen
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine it's your first day as a project manager at a new office in Germany. You want to introduce yourself to a colleague and get to know her.
Guten Morgen! Ich bin Emily Smith , ich bin neu hier.
Good morning! I'm Emily Smith, I'm new here.
Guten Morgen, Ms. Smith ! Ich bin Anna Weber. Freut mich.
Good morning, Ms. Smith! I'm Anna Weber. Nice to meet you.
Freut mich auch. Ich bin der neue Projektmanager.
Nice to meet you too. I'm the new project manager.
Ah, schön! Was haben Sie vorher gemacht?
Oh, great! What did you do before?
Ich war Lehrer in London, fünf Jahre lang.
I was a teacher in London, for five years.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Ich bin Emily Smith
ikh bin
I'm Emily Smith
Ich bin neu hier.
ikh bin noy heer
I'm new here.
Ich bin Emily Smith , ich bin neu hier.
ikh bin ikh bin noy heer
I'm Emily Smith, I'm new here.
🇩🇪 Germans usually introduce themselves at work with first and last name together, even in casual offices. Saying neu hier invites colleagues to explain how things work.
See breakdown →Freut mich
froyt mikh
Nice to meet you
💬 This is short for Es freut mich "it pleases me". The es is almost always dropped in speech.
See breakdown →Freut mich auch.
froyt mikh owkh
Nice to meet you too.
Der neue Projektmanager
dair NOY-uh pro-YEKT-meh-neh-jer
The new project manager
💬 After der, the describing word ends in -e: der neue Kollege "the new colleague". After ein it becomes neuer: ein neuer Projektmanager.
See breakdown →Ich bin der neue Projektmanager.
ikh bin dair NOY-uh pro-YEKT-meh-neh-jer
I'm the new project manager.
Was haben Sie vorher gemacht?
vas hah-ben zee FOR-hair geh-MAHKHT
What did you do before?
💬 To talk about the past, put haben in second place and send the action word to the end: gemacht. Same shape: Was haben Sie studiert? "What did you study?"
See breakdown →Ich war Lehrer
ikh vah LAY-rer
I was a teacher
💬 German leaves out "a" before a job: Ich war Lehrer, not ein Lehrer. Swap in your own: Ich war Ingenieurin "I was an engineer (woman)".
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