# Nederlands in gang 15: Small talk at work

**Language:** Dutch  
**CEFR Level:** A2  

> Join Ines and Maarten at the office coffee machine on a Monday morning, one short conversation at a time, pairing with the themes of chapter 15 of Nederlands in gang. Each lesson trains your ear until you can follow every word and answer back.

**Setting:** The office kitchen of a tech company in Eindhoven on a Monday morning. Ines has worked here for two months and gives her first client presentation this afternoon. Maarten, from another team, has given a hundred of them. They use je with each other, as colleagues do.

## Lessons

### 1. Making small talk

Maarten and Ines ask about each other's weekend at the coffee machine.

### 2. Saying what you're working on

Maarten asks Ines what she is working on, and she tells him about her first presentation.

### 3. Saying what others are doing

Ines looks for her colleague Joris, and Maarten tells her what he is doing.

### 4. Showing someone your work

Ines shows Maarten her first slides, and he likes what he sees.

### 5. Asking for advice

Ines worries she has too many slides and asks Maarten what to do.

### 6. Giving advice

Maarten tells Ines to start with an example, and she has a good one.

### 7. Wishing someone luck

Ines thanks Maarten and goes to change her slides, and he wishes her luck.