Self-introduction at work: Explaining your role and previous job
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Key Phrases
Sou o Emily , o novo colega.
I'm Emily, the new colleague.
Vou tratar das redes sociais e dos anúncios.
I'll be handling social media and the ads.
Trabalhava numa agência em Londres.
I worked at an agency in London.
Skills You'll Learn
Introducing yourself and talking about a new job
Apresentar-se e falar sobre um novo emprego
Talking about work tasks and past experience
Falar sobre tarefas profissionais e experiência passada
Using polite workplace expressions and asking for permission
Usar expressões de cortesia no trabalho e pedir permissão
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine it's your first day at a new job in an office in Portugal. You want to introduce yourself to a colleague and tell her about your new role.
Bom dia! Desculpe, sou o Emily , o novo colega.
Good morning! Excuse me, I'm Emily, the new colleague.
Bom dia, Emily ! Eu sou a Marta. Muito prazer.
Good morning, Emily! I'm Marta. Nice to meet you.
Muito prazer, Marta. Vou trabalhar no marketing.
Nice to meet you, Marta. I'm going to work in marketing.
Ah, que bom! E o que vai fazer exatamente?
Oh, great! And what exactly will you be doing?
Vou tratar das redes sociais e dos anúncios.
I'll be handling social media and the ads.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Desculpe
des-koo-lpe
Excuse me
🇵🇹 Desculpe is the polite form for strangers, like a receptionist or someone at a desk. With a colleague you already call tu, it becomes desculpa.
See breakdown →Sou o Emily
soh oo
I'm Emily
💬 Portugal often puts o or a "the" before a person's name, even your own. A woman would say Sou a plus her name.
See breakdown →O novo colega
oo NOH-voo koo-LEH-gah
The new colleague
💬 For a woman, both words change: a nova colega.
See breakdown →Sou o Emily , o novo colega.
soh oo oo NOH-voo koo-LEH-gah
I'm Emily, the new colleague.
Muito prazer
MWEEN-too prah-ZHER
Very nice to meet you
🇵🇹 Say this with a handshake when you're introduced. Between women, or a man and a woman, two cheek kisses are also common, though offices tend to stick to handshakes at first.
See breakdown →Vou trabalhar
voh tra-ba-LYAR
I'm going to work
💬 Vou plus an action word is the everyday way to talk about what's coming up. Swap in any action: Vou começar "I'm going to start".
See breakdown →No marketing
noo MAR-keh-teeng
In marketing
💬 em "in" plus o "the" merges into no. With a feminine word it becomes na: na contabilidade "in accounting".
See breakdown →Vou trabalhar no marketing.
voh tra-ba-LYAR noo MAR-keh-teeng
I'm going to work in marketing.
Ah, que bom!
AH keh bohng
Oh, great!
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