Asking for help in corporate: Breaking the ice and asking for a moment
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Key Phrases
Buenos días
Good morning
¿Cómo estás?
How are you?
Necesito ayuda con un reporte
I need help with a report
Skills You'll Learn
Greeting someone politely
Saludar a alguien cortésmente
Asking how someone is doing and responding
Preguntar cómo está alguien y responder
Requesting help in a simple workplace conversation
Pedir ayuda en una conversación sencilla de trabajo
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are speaking with a friendly coworker or classmate in the morning. You greet each other, exchange polite small talk, and then ask for help with a report in a warm, supportive conversation.
Hola, buenos días.
Hello, good morning.
Hola, buenos días. ¿Cómo estás?
Hello, good morning. How are you?
Muy bien, gracias. ¿Y tú?
Very well, thank you. And you?
Bien, gracias.
I'm fine, thank you.
Oye, ¿tienes un momento?
Hey, do you have a moment?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Hola
OH-lah
Hello
Buenos
BWEH-nohs
Good
Días
DEE-ahs
Morning / days
Buenos días
BWEH-nohs DEE-ahs
Good morning
Cómo
KOH-moh
How
Estás
eh-STAHS
You are / are you
💬 [¿Cómo estás?] uses [estar], not [ser], for how someone is doing. You can reuse the pattern with other people: [¿Cómo está?] for one formal person, [¿cómo están?] for several people.
See breakdown →¿Cómo estás?
KOH-moh eh-STAHS
How are you?
🇲🇽 [¿Cómo estás?] is friendly and informal. In a corporate setting in Mexico, you'd usually switch to [¿cómo está?] with someone you don't know well or who outranks you.
See breakdown →Muy
MOO-ee
Very
Muy bien
MOO-ee BYEHN
Very well
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