Presenting your work at the office: Opening a presentation and stating the goal

💬 In Portugal, "our" usually comes with o in front: o nosso. Adjectives like novo normally go after the noun.

💬 Use qual for "what" when there's a choice among possible answers. Use o que for an open "what": O que é isto? "What is this?".

💬 de + a merges into da. With a masculine word it becomes do: do projeto "of the project".

💬 Portuguese asks "how much time" rather than "how long". tempo covers both time and weather.

💬 demorar means "to take time" and has no subject word: vai demorar covers "it's going to take". It's also the verb for being slow: Vou demorar "I'll be a while".

💬 Put it before a number to mean "about": mais ou menos cinco "about five". On its own it can also mean "so-so".

💬 E plus a topic, said as a question, is a quick way to raise something: E o café? "What about the coffee?".

💬 em + o merges into no. For a feminine word it becomes na: na reunião "in the meeting".

💬 são ends with a nasal sound, roughly (SOWN) said through the nose. The same ending appears in apresentação.

🇵🇹 This is the typical way to say "please" in Portugal, more common in speech than por favor. It's also used to get someone's attention, such as a waiter's.

💬 há means "there is" and "there are", and the h is silent: (AH). It doesn't change form: há perguntas "there are questions".

🇵🇹 This is the everyday Portuguese "deal" or "sounds good" to close an arrangement. It's friendly but fine with colleagues and bosses.

🇵🇹 Said to hand someone the floor politely. In a meeting it signals you're waiting on them, without any pressure.

💬 The "thank you" word follows the speaker, not the listeners. Men say obrigado and women say obrigada.

💬 então ends in a nasal sound, roughly (en-TOWN). It's a very common filler for moving things along, like English "so" or "well then".

💬 vamos plus a basic verb works as "let's". Swap the verb: vamos ver "let's see", vamos continuar "let's continue".