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

💬 的 links an owner to the thing owned, and describing words sit right before the noun: 我们的 + 新 + 项目. Swap in your own words: 我的新电脑 "my new computer".

🇨🇳 This is a standard, modest way to open a presentation. Stating up front what you'll cover is how Chinese meetings usually begin.

💬 介绍 is used for introducing people as well as topics: 我介绍一下，这是王经理 "let me introduce, this is Manager Wang".

💬 You need a counting word between 这 and the noun. 个 works for most things: 这个人 "this person", 那个问题 "that question".

💬 Question words like 什么 stay in the same spot the answer would go, with no reordering. The answer would be 目标是提高销量 "the goal is to raise sales".

💬 下 means "next" and 上 means "last": 上个月 "last month", 下个星期 "next week".

💬 Chinese says the whole first, then the part: 百分之十 is literally "of a hundred, ten". Swap in any number, e.g. 百分之五十 "fifty percent".

💬 多 + an adjective asks "how ___": 多长 "how long", 多大 "how big/old", 多远 "how far".

💬 The length of time goes after the verb: 讲多长时间 is literally "talk how long". The answer follows the same order: 讲十分钟 "talk for ten minutes".

💬 分钟 (fēn zhōng) means minutes as a length of time. 分 on its own is used for clock times, as in 三点十分 "3:10".

💬 Chinese often drops "if" entirely, so 有问题 at the start of a sentence already means "if you have questions".

🇨🇳 Asking people to hold their questions until the end is normal and polite in Chinese office presentations. Audiences rarely interrupt anyway.

💬 Use 没 rather than 不 to say "there isn't": 没有时间 "no time". 没问题 literally means "there's no problem".

💬 讲 is the everyday word for talking or presenting. Again, 吧 turns it into a relaxed "go ahead" rather than a command.

💬 Adding 的 to 好 gives 好的, which sounds more settled and agreeable than a bare 好. It's the go-to "OK, will do" at work.

💬 The second 谢 is usually said with a light, neutral tone: (xiè xie).