Job interview: Self introduction

💬 há here is about elapsed time, and it's silent at the start: (AH). The same word answers the question, as in há dois anos "for two years".

💬 There's no "you" in the sentence: vive alone is the polite "you live" form, the same as "he/she lives". Your tone of voice is what makes it a question.

💬 Portuguese uses the present tense here, vive, where English says "have lived". If it's still true now, say it in the present: Trabalho aqui há um ano "I've worked here for a year".

💬 Cities take plain em with no "the": em Lisboa, em Faro. Some places do take one, though: no Porto.

💬 sua is the polite "your", and it matches the thing owned, experiência, not you. Compare o seu nome "your name".

💬 For finished periods of time, you just add the length straight after the verb, with no word for "for". You could also say Trabalhei durante cinco anos.

💬 em + um fuses into num, the same way em + o becomes no. Likewise em uma becomes numa, as in numa loja "in a shop".

💬 na is em + a. Portugal spells it receção without a p, and the ç sounds like s: (reh-seh-SOWN).

💬 The same porque works for both "why" and "because" in speech. As one word in a question, it's the normal spelling in Portugal.

💬 com + nós fuses into one word. Note the double n, a Portugal spelling. Similarly, comigo means "with me".

🇵🇹 Interviewers expect you to name something specific about the company. A vague answer about needing a job lands poorly.

💬 gostar always needs de before what you like: gosto de café, gosto de ler. Leaving it out is a classic learner slip.

💬 The de is repeated before each thing you like: de falar ... e de aprender. It sounds more natural than dropping the second one.

💬 Portuguese uses the present tense, ligamos, for near-future plans. -lhe is the polite "you", attached with a hyphen after the verb, as Portugal does.

💬 por + a fuses into pela, and por + o into pelo. Thanks always takes por: obrigado pelo café "thanks for the coffee".

🇵🇹 This is the standard, polite way to close an interview. Pair it with a handshake as you leave.