Self-introduction at work: Introducing yourself to your new team

💬 em "in" plus esta "this" always merges into nesta. The same thing happens with neste (from este) and nessa (from essa).

💬 The ending changes to match who is being welcomed: bem-vindo for a man, bem-vinda for a woman, and bem-vindos for a group.

💬 tratar por tu means using the casual tu "you" with someone, and tratar por você means the more distant form. In tratamo-nos, the -s of tratamos drops before nos "each other".

🇵🇹 Portuguese workplaces can be quite formal, so new people often wait to be told this. Once someone says it, switch to tu straight away, because sticking with formal speech would feel distant.

🇵🇹 This is a cheerful, very common way to confirm a plan or accept a suggestion, like "deal!" It works fine with colleagues and with your boss.

🇵🇹 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.

🇵🇹 This is the standard reply to muito prazer, and it works in any setting.

💬 In Portugal, "my" and "your" usually come with o or a "the" in front: a tua função, o meu trabalho "my job".

💬 Use vou "I go" plus any action word to talk about the future, just like English "going to". For example, Vou trabalhar "I'm going to work".

💬 novo comes before the noun, but describing words like gráfico usually come after it. For a woman, it would be a nova designer gráfica.

🇵🇹 In real use this is closer to "Great!" or "How nice!" It's a warm, natural reaction to good news.

🇵🇹 This is a friendly tu form that people use to lead you somewhere, like "come along". It sounds warm, not bossy.

💬 In Portugal, small words like te "you" attach to the end of the verb with a hyphen. Swap it out: apresento-vos "I'll introduce you all".

💬 de "of" plus a "the" merges into da. Before a masculine word it would be do, as in o resto do grupo "the rest of the group".

💬 a "to" plus o "the" merges into ao. Before a feminine word it becomes à: à equipa.

💬 simpática doesn't mean "sympathetic". It means friendly or kind, and you'd say simpático to a man.

🇵🇹 Pessoal! is a casual way to call a group's attention, like "Guys!" or "Folks!" It's very common in relaxed offices.

💬 The "our" word changes to match the noun: o nosso designer, but a nossa designer for a woman.

💬 vos attaches to the verb to mean "you all". For one person, use te instead: conhecer-te.

🇵🇹 This is a natural line when someone introduces you to the whole team at once. It's polite without being stiff.