Describing people

In this lesson we are going to talk about describing people’s appearance. This will be divided in general, height, weight, face & head and age.

• Height – Tamaño (Figura 1 a la derecha)

Tall (alto) —— Short (bajo)

medium height (Average height) —— estatura promedio

Look at the figure # 1 –>

Question:

How tall is Mary Pimm?

- She’s 1.60 meters tall. She is medium height.

And Tom?

- He’s 1.48 meters tall. He’s very short.

• Weight – Peso

Thin/slim —— delgado(a)

Fat / Overweight —— Gordo(a)

Medium weight (average weight)

Figura # 2

• Hair- Cabello

Length of hair (Tamano del cabello) – Figura #3

Short —— corto

long —— largo

Style:

Wavy —— ondeado

striaght —– lacio

curly —– frizado

• Face and head (figura # 4)

Skin color (color de piel)

White /fair —— blanco

Dark / black —— Oscuro / negro

Olive skin —— Piel trigueñ+a

Beard —— barba

moustache —— bigote

Examples (look at the figure):

-Sally has dark skin and black curly hair. (We can also say “Sally is black”)

-Polly has white skin and long straight hair. (We can also say “Polly is white”)

-Billy has a long beard.

- Harry has a mustache.

We can use the verb to have to describe skin color, to say if a person has a beard or mustache and to describe hair.

Example:

- Will Smith has dark skin

- My father has a long beard