Presenting your work at the office: Answering questions after the presentation
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Key Phrases
¿Cuánto cuesta el proyecto nuevo?
How much does the new project cost?
En marzo, si el director está de acuerdo.
In March, if the director agrees.
Te la mando hoy en la tarde.
I'll send it to you this afternoon.
Skills You'll Learn
Asking and answering about the cost of something
Preguntar y responder sobre el costo de algo
Expressing conditions with 'if' to plan future events
Expresar condiciones con 'si' para planear eventos futuros
Confirming the sending of information by email
Confirmar el envío de información por correo electrónico
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you just gave a presentation at work in Mexico. A coworker stops you with a few questions, and you want to answer them and offer to send your slides.
Oye, Emily , muy buena presentación. ¿Tienes un minuto?
Hey, Emily, really good presentation. Do you have a minute?
Claro, con gusto. ¿Tienes alguna pregunta?
Sure, happy to. Do you have a question?
Sí. ¿Cuánto cuesta el proyecto nuevo?
Yes. How much does the new project cost?
Cuesta unos doscientos mil pesos en total.
It costs about two hundred thousand pesos in total.
Ok. ¿Y cuándo empezamos?
Okay. And when do we start?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Muy buena presentación.
mwee BWEH-nah preh-sen-tah-SYOHN
Really good presentation.
¿Tienes un minuto?
TYEH-nehs oon mee-NOO-toh
Do you have a minute?
🇲🇽 Colleagues in Mexican offices usually use tú with each other. With a director or a client you don't know well, ¿Tiene un minuto? with usted is safer.
See breakdown →Claro, con gusto.
KLAH-roh kohn GOOS-toh
Sure, happy to.
🇲🇽 con gusto is a very common, warm reply in Mexico when someone asks for help. It sounds friendly without being overly formal.
See breakdown →¿Tienes alguna pregunta?
TYEH-nehs ahl-GOO-nah preh-GOON-tah
Do you have a question?
¿Cuánto cuesta?
KWAHN-toh KWEHS-tah
How much does it cost?
💬 cuesta comes from costar "to cost". The o becomes ue when it's stressed, as in puedo "I can" from poder.
See breakdown →El proyecto nuevo
el proh-YEK-toh NWEH-voh
The new project
💬 Descriptive words like nuevo usually go after the noun in Spanish. Same pattern: la oficina nueva "the new office".
See breakdown →¿Cuánto cuesta el proyecto nuevo?
KWAHN-toh KWEHS-tah el proh-YEK-toh NWEH-voh
How much does the new project cost?
Unos doscientos mil pesos
OO-nohs dohs-SYEHN-tohs meel PEH-sohs
About two hundred thousand pesos
💬 unos before a number means "about" or "roughly". Same pattern: unas tres semanas "about three weeks".
See breakdown →En total
en toh-TAHL
In total
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