Making IntroductionsTe / Le / Les / A / De

“Te”

• Te (to one person, informal)

• Manuel, te presento a Pablo.

• Manuel, I am introducing Pablo to you. (I would like to introduce Pablo to you.)

“Le”

• Le (to one person, formal)

• Señor Bergmeier, le presento a Pablo.

• Mr. Bergmeier, I am introducing Pablo to you. (I would like to introduce Pablo to you.)

“Les”• Les (to more than one

person, informal and formal)

• Nora y Miguel, les presento a Pablo.

• Nora and Miguel, I am introducing Pablo to you. (I would like to introduce Pablo to you.)

A & De

• Remember when a and de are followed by the definite article el, we need to combine them.

• a + el = al

• de + el = del

A & De

• When you are introducing someone with a title, you need to use the definite article because you are speaking about them and not to them. See the difference in this next slide

“A”• Tim, te presento al señor

Bergmeier.

• Tim, I am introducing you to Mr. Bergmeier.

• Tim, te presento a la señora Morris.

• Tim, I am introducing you to Mrs. Morris.

De• De and Del are necessary when we are showing possession.

Think “apostrophe s”

• John’s friend

• El amigo de John

• La amiga de John

• Mr. Bergmeier’s student / Mrs. Morris’ student

• El estudiante del señor Bergmeier.

• La estudiante de la señora Morris.

“DE”• Tim, te presento el amigo

del señor Bergmeier

• Tim, I am introducing to you Mr. Bergmeier’s friend.

• Tim, te presento el amigo de la señora Morris

• Tim, I am introducing to you Mrs. Morris’ friend.