Team meetings at work: Giving an update on your project
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Key Phrases
Die Website ist fast fertig.
The website is almost finished.
Können Sie dort bitte nachfragen?
Can you please ask there?
Dann bin ich am Freitag fertig.
Then I'll be done on Friday.
Skills You'll Learn
Reporting on project status
Über den Projektstatus berichten
Politely making a request
Höflich um etwas bitten
Stating a future point in time
Einen zukünftigen Zeitpunkt angeben
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you're at work and meet your colleague in the morning. You want to update her on your website project and ask for help getting missing pictures.
Guten Morgen, Frau Weber!
Good morning, Ms. Weber!
Guten Morgen, Ms. Smith . Wie läuft Ihr Projekt?
Good morning, Ms. Smith. How is your project going?
Gut, danke. Die Website ist fast fertig.
Good, thanks. The website is almost finished.
Schön! Gibt es Probleme?
Great! Are there any problems?
Ja, ein kleines. Die Bilder fehlen noch.
Yes, a small one. The pictures are still missing.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Guten Morgen!
GOO-ten MOR-gen
Good morning!
Frau Weber
frow VAY-ber
Ms. Weber
🇩🇪 At work, colleagues often stay on Frau or Herr plus surname for years. Follow what others in your team do before switching to first names.
See breakdown →Guten Morgen, Frau Weber!
GOO-ten MOR-gen frow VAY-ber
Good morning, Ms. Weber!
Wie läuft Ihr Projekt?
vee loyft eer pro-YEKT
How is your project going?
💬 laufen literally means "to run", but wie läuft ...? is the everyday way to ask how something is going. Swap in anything: Wie läuft die Arbeit? "How's work going?"
See breakdown →Die Website
dee WEB-sait
The website
Fast fertig
fahst FER-tikh
Almost finished
Die Website ist fast fertig.
dee WEB-sait ist fahst FER-tikh
The website is almost finished.
Schön!
shern
Nice!
Gibt es Probleme?
gipt es pro-BLAY-meh
Are there problems?
💬 Gibt es ...? is the standard way to ask "Is there / are there ...?", and it stays the same whether one thing or many follow. Gibt es Fragen? "Are there questions?"
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