Meeting someone for the first time
This is a dialogue of two people briefly meeting for the first time. You can both listen to and read the dialogue.
We have included two versions of the dialogue for you. The first version of the dialogue is a man welcoming another man to the workplace. The second version of the dialogue is a man welcoming a woman to the workplace. This changes some of the words in the dialogue.
At the end of this article, we will briefly explain what changes and why.
A man welcoming another man to the workplace
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A man welcoming another man
A man welcoming a woman to the workplace
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A man welcoming a woman
Bienvenido/a and encantado/a
In the first dialogue it says bienvenido and encantado. In the second dialogue these words change forms to bienvenida and encantada. Why?
It is to do with the gender of the person speaking and the person being spoken to.
When you say “welcome” to a man, you say bienvenido.
When you say “welcome” to a woman, you say bienvenida.
When a man says “pleased to meet you”, he says encantado.
When a woman says “pleased to meet you”, she says encantada.