Presenting your work at the office: Explaining results from a chart
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Key Phrases
Le quiero enseñar la gráfica de ventas.
I want to show you the sales chart.
Las ventas subieron veinte por ciento este trimestre.
Sales went up twenty percent this quarter.
¿Me la mandas por correo?
Can you send it to me by email?
Skills You'll Learn
Using combined indirect and direct object pronouns (I'll send it to you)
Usar pronombres de objeto indirecto y directo juntos (se la mando)
Describing changes and trends with verbs like to rise and to fall
Describir cambios y tendencias con verbos como subir y bajar
Using formal courtesy expressions in a workplace context
Usar expresiones formales de cortesía en un contexto laboral
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you're at your office in Mexico. You want to show your boss a chart of this quarter's sales and expenses.
Buenos días, licenciada. ¿Tiene un minuto?
Good morning, ma'am. Do you have a minute?
Buenos días, Emily . Sí, claro, pásale.
Good morning, Emily. Yes, of course, come in.
Le quiero enseñar la gráfica de ventas.
I want to show you the sales chart.
A ver. ¿Cómo vamos?
Let's see. How are we doing?
Bien. Las ventas subieron veinte por ciento este trimestre.
Good. Sales went up twenty percent this quarter.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Buenos días, licenciada.
BWEH-nohs DEE-ahs lee-sen-SYAH-dah
Good morning, ma'am.
🇲🇽 In Mexican offices, people with a university degree are addressed as licenciada or licenciado, often shortened to lic. Using the title with a boss or senior colleague is normal and respectful, not stiff.
See breakdown →¿Tiene un minuto?
TYEH-neh oon mee-NOO-toh
Do you have a minute?
💬 tiene is the polite 'you' form, matching the formal licenciada. With a peer you'd say ¿Tienes un minuto?.
See breakdown →Sí, claro
see KLAH-roh
Yes, of course
Pásale
PAH-sah-leh
Come in
💬 pásale is pasa with an extra -le tacked on, a Mexican habit that makes the invitation sound warmer. With someone you address as usted, it becomes pásele.
🇲🇽 This is the everyday Mexican way to wave someone into your office or cubicle. It's friendly, not sloppy, and perfectly fine at work.
See breakdown →Sí, claro, pásale.
see KLAH-roh PAH-sah-leh
Yes, of course, come in.
La gráfica
lah GRAH-fee-kah
The chart
💬 Mexico says la gráfica for a chart. You may also hear el gráfico, which is more common in Spain, but la gráfica is what your coworkers will use.
See breakdown →La gráfica de ventas
lah GRAH-fee-kah deh BEHN-tahs
The sales chart
Le quiero enseñar la gráfica de ventas.
leh kee-EH-roh en-seh-NYAR lah GRAH-fee-kah deh BEHN-tahs
I want to show you the sales chart.
💬 enseñar means both "to teach" and "to show". Here it's simply showing, as in le enseño el reporte "I'll show you the report".
See breakdown →A ver.
ah behr
Let's see.
💬 a ver is written as two words. It sounds exactly like haber, a different word, so don't mix up the spellings in an email.
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