Learn Serbian: describing people

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Describing People in Serbian - Part 2

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If you liked the first part about how to describe people's age in Serbian, I'm sure you'll enjoy practising following features with the people & places video below:

age (godište)
clothes (odeća)

height and build (visina i građa):

... je prosečne visine = ... is average height.
... je visok = ... is tall.
... je nizak = ... is short.
... je debeo / punačak =... is fat / overweight
... je mršav = ... is thin
... je vitak = ... is slim

hair (kosa):

duga kosa: ... ima dugu kosu = ...has long hair
kratka kosa: ... ima kratku kosu = ... has short hair
kosa srednje dužine ... ima kosu srednje dužine = ... has medium-length hair
crna kosa ... ima crnu kosu = ...has dark hair
plava kosa ... ima plavu kosu = ... has fair hair
crvena kosa ... ima crvenu kosu = ... has red/ginger hair
(svetlo / tamno) smeđa kosa ... ima (svetlo /tamno ) smeđu kosu = ... has (light / dark) brown hair
seda kosa ... ima sedu kosu = ... has gray hair
kovrdžava kosa ... ima kovrdžavu kosu = ... has curly hair
talasasta kosa ... ima talasastu kosu = ... has wavy hair
ravna kosa ... ima ravnu kosu = ... has straight hair
... je ćelav = ... is bald
... je proćelav ... has a receding hairline.
...ima šiške (pluralia tantum) = ... has a fringe (in Serbian this word is always in plural, like "vrata"=door)
...nosi pletenice = ... is wearing her hair in plaits
...nosi kikice = ... is wearing her hair in pig-tails
...nosi rep = ... is wearing her hair in a pony-tail
...nosi puštenu kosu = ...is wearing her hair loose
...nosi razdeljak (na stranu / u sredini) = ... has a (side / centre) parting

complexion (ten)

...ima taman ten = ...has a dark complexion
...ima svetlu put =...has a fair complexion
... je bled = ...is pale
... se sunčao = ... has a tanned complexion
...ima lep ten = ... has a clear /good complexion
...ima bubuljice /pege =...has spots / freckles.

distinguishing features (karakteristične crte)

...ima bradu = ...has a beard
...ima brkove = ... has a moustache
...je izbrijan =...is clean-shaven
...ima ožiljak = ...has a scar
...ima tetovažu = ... has a tattoo
...ima guste obrve = ... has bushy eyebrows
...nosi naočare = ...wears glasses

Monday, September 23, 2013

Describing People in Serbian - Age

Marina describing people , Serbian language 365

In part one of this short series of blog posts on how to describe a person in Serbian, I'll cover just how to describe someone's age, and give you lots of sample sentences, so you can try to describe people in the photo below, focusing on their age ( and a little bit on clothes ):

Godište = Age

beba = baby
dete = child
dete koje je tek prohodalo = toddler
dečko = boy
devojčica = girl
tinejdžer = teenager
mladić = young man (short "a")
devojka = young woman
omladina = youth
čovek u zrelim godinama = middle-aged man
žena u zrelim godinama = middle-aged woman
stariji čovek / žena = elderly man/ woman
... ima dvadeset pet godina =... is 25
...ima tridesetak godina = ... is thirty something
...ima oko četrdeset godina = ... is about forty
...ima pedeset i kusur = ... is fifty odd.
... je u (svojim) ranim / kasnim dvadesetim = ... is in (her /his) early / late twenties

Primeri = Examples

Na ovoj slici vidim puno ljudi koji su različitog godišta. S desne strane vidim devojčicu u ružičastoj suknji i majici, a pored nje je srednjovečni čovek sa kapom. Ispred njih sedi žena plave kose i proćelavi muškarac, koji deluju kao par u zrelim godinama. Pored njih, s leve strane su dve žene u kasnim dvadesetim. Jedna ima belu majicu bez rukava i crne bermude, a druga nosi ljubičastu majicu bez rukava i plave pantalone. Iza njih s leve strane sedi žena u crvenoj majici kratkih rukava koja ima pedesetak godina i iza nje je verovatno njen suprug, koji je isto stariji čovek. Pored nje sedi dečko koji ima oko devet ili deset godina. Oni su na nekom slavlju ili događaju i uglavnom su tu deca ili ljudi u zrelim godinama. Ne vidim uopšte tinejdžere.

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