25 min

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.

Learn these items
  • 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?

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. 1. Nasıl biri?
  2. 2. Çok yardımsever.
  3. 3. Nasıl görünüyor?
  4. 4. Uzun boylu.
  5. 5. Kıvırcık saçlı.
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