Para presentar a alguien – Introducing someone
	Quiero presentarte a …	I’d like to introduce you (singular informal) to ...
	Quiero presentarle a …	I’d like to introduce you (singular formal) to ...
	Quiero presentarles a…	I’d like to introduce you (plural) to ...
	Para responder – To respond
	Mucho gusto.	Nice to meet you.
	Encantado/a.	Pleased to meet you.
	Un placer.	A pleasure.
	Igualmente. El gusto es mío.	Likewise. The pleasure is mine.

Actividad 1. En la oficina.

You are working in your office on the day many new employees arrive. You are responsible for making sure their personal information gets recorded correctly in the system. Following the model below, ask your partner their name, where they live, and what their phone number is. Listen as your partner responds (don’t look at the book!) and record their information based on what they say.

• Modelo: Diego Moreno, calle Domínguez 24, 2-31-54-67
  • Tú: ¿Cómo te llamas?
  • Compañero/a: Me llamo Diego Moreno.
  • Tú: ¿Dónde vives?
  • Compañero/a: Vivo en la calle Domínguez veinticuatro.
  • Tú: ¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono?
  • Compañero/a: Mi número de teléfono es el dos, treinta y uno, cincuenta y cuatro, sesenta y siete.

1. Paz Feliú, avenida Sol 87, 5-67-43-90

2. Áurea Ferrán, calle Vallehermoso 100, 6-78-99-00

3. Luis Ortega, calle Quevedo 44, 3-05-98-65

4. Sofía Morales, avenida La Paz 23, 5-55-67-34

5. Eduardo Quintero, calle San Francisco 89, 4-54-44-36

Actividad 2. Las presentaciones

You are meeting new people in different situations.  Use the informal or the formal phrases above to create conversations with your partner: 

1. You and a fellow student meet for the first time.  Ask the individual’s name, where he/she is from, where he/she lives on campus, and exchange telephone numbers. (Remember this information for #3 below.) 
2. Now pretend that you are meeting a new professor of Spanish for the first time at the Spanish lunch table where beginning students can practice their Spanish with others who speak Spanish.  Ask the professor's name, where he/she is from, ask for his/her email address. 
3. You and your partner should find another pair of students and introduce one another to them using the informal phrases for introducing someone above.  Respond accordingly. 

The information in this chapter, when not created by us, is adapted from:

• Farmer, Zamostny, Hill, and Henderson Hollenbeck, Bienvenidos (CC BY). 
• Ceciliano, Notman, Beginning Spanish ¡Empecemos por aquí! (CC BY-NC).