A visitor has arrived at your office. You will welcome her, introduce her to the team and give her name and department before a colleague responds.
The idea
Build the introduction around three people: you, the visitor and a colleague. In Sizi ekibimizle tanıştırmak istiyorum, sizi identifies the visitor and ekibimizle names the team she will meet. Learn tanıştırmak as the verb “introduce”. Follow with Bu Selin Hanım and her department; Hanım and Bey follow the given name in these polite introductions.
Read the text
Elif: Hoş geldiniz, Selin Hanım. Selin: Hoş bulduk, teşekkür ederim. Elif: Sizi ekibimizle tanıştırmak istiyorum.
Elif: Arkadaşlar, bu Selin Hanım. Selin satış bölümünde çalışıyor. Elif: Bu da çalışma arkadaşım Can. Selin: Memnun oldum, Can Bey. Can: Ben de memnun oldum. Buyurun, toplantı odası burada.
Examples
- Sizi ekibimizle tanıştırmak istiyorum.I would like to introduce you to our team.
- Konuğumuz bugün ofisi geziyor.Our guest is touring the office today.
- Selin satış bölümünde çalışıyor.Selin works in the sales department.
- Hoş geldiniz, Selin Hanım.Welcome, Ms Selin.
- Hoş bulduk, teşekkür ederim.It is good to be here, thank you.
- Arkadaşlar, bu Selin Hanım.Everyone, this is Ms Selin.
- Bu da çalışma arkadaşım Can.And this is my colleague Can.
- Memnun oldum, Can Bey.Pleased to meet you, Mr Can.
- Buyurun, toplantı odası burada.Please come in; the meeting room is here.
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Watch out
Sizinle tanışmak istiyorum means “I want to meet you”: the speaker is one of the two people meeting. It does not introduce the visitor to the team. Keep tanışmak and tanıştırmak distinct, and do not replace sizi with sizinle in the three-person introduction.
Try it yourself
You are the visitor. Complete the conventional reply to the host’s welcome.
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Hoş bulduk
Hoş bulduk is the visitor’s reply to a welcome. One visitor can use this conventional plural form too; she is accepting the welcome, not welcoming the host.
Choose tanışmak or tanıştırmak: the host wants to introduce the visitor to the team.
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tanıştırmak
tanıştırmak fits because the host is bringing the visitor and the team together. tanışmak would describe getting acquainted oneself, leaving the host’s role wrong here.
Complete “our team + with”. Write the attached form or the two-word form.
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ekibimizle / ekibimiz ile
ekibimizle or ekibimiz ile names the other side of the introduction: our team. The attached form keeps the front vowel of ekibimiz; both spellings express “with our team”.
Add the separate word meaning “also”: the host introduces another person.
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da
da adds a second introduction: “And this is my colleague Can.” It is a separate word meaning “also”; buda would incorrectly join it to bu.
Practice round
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You are the visitor. Complete the conventional reply to the host’s welcome.
Choose tanışmak or tanıştırmak: the host wants to introduce the visitor to the team.
Complete “our team + with”. Write the attached form or the two-word form.
ekibimizle / ekibimiz ile
Add the separate word meaning “also”: the host introduces another person.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Act out an office arrival in a group of three. Welcome the visitor, introduce both people by name, mention a department and let each person respond. Then swap roles.