Presenting your work at the office: Opening a presentation and stating the goal
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Key Phrases
¿Tiene un minuto?
Do you have a minute?
Primero saludo a todos y me presento.
First I greet everyone and introduce myself.
Muchas gracias por su ayuda.
Thank you very much for your help.
Skills You'll Learn
Asking someone formally for a moment of their time
Pedir tiempo para hablar con alguien de manera formal
Describing the order of a presentation or process
Describir el orden de una presentación o proceso
Formally thanking someone for their support
Agradecer formalmente a alguien por su apoyo
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you're at your office in Mexico. You want to tell your boss how you plan to start your presentation.
Buenos días, licenciada. ¿Tiene un minuto?
Good morning, ma'am. Do you have a minute?
Buenos días, Emily . Claro, dime.
Good morning, Emily. Sure, tell me.
Quiero explicarle cómo voy a empezar la presentación.
I want to explain to you how I'm going to start the presentation.
Perfecto. ¿Cómo vas a empezar?
Perfect. How are you going to start?
Primero saludo a todos y me presento.
First I greet everyone and introduce myself.
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 →Claro
KLAH-roh
Sure
Dime
DEE-meh
Tell me
💬 dime is di "say/tell" with me "me" stuck on the end. Instructions work this way: ayúdame "help me", llámame "call me".
See breakdown →Claro, dime.
KLAH-roh DEE-meh
Sure, tell me.
🇲🇽 A boss often answers with the casual 'you' while you keep using the formal one. That mismatch is normal in Mexican offices. Keep using usted until they invite you to switch.
See breakdown →La presentación
lah preh-sehn-tah-SYOHN
The presentation
¿Cómo vas a empezar?
KOH-moh vahs ah ehm-peh-SAHR
How are you going to start?
💬 vas a + an action is the everyday way to talk about plans. Swap in voy a presentar "I'm going to present".
See breakdown →Primero saludo a todos
pree-MEH-roh sah-LOO-doh ah TOH-dohs
First I greet everyone
💬 When the action is aimed at people, Spanish puts an extra a before them: saludo a todos. It disappears with things: saludo alone can't take an object like a report, but presento el informe "I present the report" has no a.
See breakdown →Me presento
meh preh-SEHN-toh
I introduce myself
💬 presento alone means "I present"; adding me turns it back on yourself, "I introduce myself". Compare presento el proyecto "I present the project".
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