language learning center · A2 · Lesson 8
Describing people
Describe someone’s personality and appearance naturally in Turkish.
Understand and learn
Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.
Zeynep
Yeni komşun nasıl biri?
What is your new neighbor like?
Onur
Çok yardımsever, sakin ve konuşması kolay biri.
They are very helpful, calm, and easy to talk to.
Zeynep
Nasıl görünüyor?
What do they look like?
Onur
Uzun boylu ve kısa, kıvırcık saçlı.
They are tall and have short, curly hair.
Notice, try, and speak
Understand a natural example and learn a small set of useful words, phrases, and patterns.
Useful words and phrases
These items were selected by the lesson curriculum for practical use—not extracted as an every-word list.
Nasıl biri?
What are they like?
Yeni komşun nasıl biri?
Çok yardımsever.
They are very helpful.
Çok yardımsever, sakin ve konuşması kolay biri.
Nasıl görünüyor?
What do they look like?
Nasıl görünüyor?
Uzun boylu.
Tall.
Uzun boylu ve kısa, kıvırcık saçlı.
Kıvırcık saçlı.
Curly-haired.
Uzun boylu ve kısa, kıvırcık saçlı.
Notice, try, and speak
Which question asks about personality?
Make it yours
Describe one person with two personality details and two appearance details in Turkish.
Choose someone you know and use respectful, neutral descriptions.
Use it with someone
Describe someone clearly in Turkish
- 1. Nasıl biri?
- 2. Çok yardımsever.
- 3. Nasıl görünüyor?
- 4. Uzun boylu.
- 5. Kıvırcık saçlı.