This online audio lesson will teach you how to describe people in Russian. With these adjectives on hand you'll be able to talk about a person’s appearance in Russian and the kind of person they are as well. This will really spice up your Russian conversation skills!
Let's check out this lesson on how to describe people in Russian.
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First, let's describe people's hairstyles:
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У Ивана короткие волосы.
Oo Ivana karotkii volasy
Ivan has short hair.
У Маши длинные волосы.
Oo Mashi dlinyi volasy
Masha has long hair.
У неë волосы средней длины.
Oo niyo volasy srednii dliny
She has medium-length hair.
У него прямые волосы.
Oo nivo primyi volasy
He has straight hair.
У неë волнистые волосы.
Oo niyo valnistyi volasy
She has wavy hair.
У Анны кудрявые волосы.
Oo Anny kudryavyi volasy
Anna has curly hair.
У Ирины каштановые волосы.
Oo Ireeny kashtanavyi volasy
Irina has brown hair.
У Сергея тëмные волосы.
Oo Sirgeia tyomnyi volasy
Sergei has dark hair.
У Оли светлые волосы.
Oo Oli svetlyi volasy
Oli has fair hair.
У Розы рыжие волосы.
Oo Rozy ryzhyi volasy
Rosa has red hair.
What about eye and skin color?
У него карие глаза.
Oo nivo karii glaza
He has brown eyes.
У неë зелëные глаза.
Oo niyo zilyonyi glaza
She has green eyes.
У него голубые глаза.
Oo nivo galubyi glaza
He has blue eyes.
У неë тëмная кожа.
Oo niyo tyomnaia kozha
She is dark-skinned.
У него светлая кожа.
Oo nivo svetlaia kozha
He is fair-skinned.
What about other features, like height and weight?
Она невысокая.
Ana nivysokaia
She is short.
Он высокий.
On vysokii
He is tall.
Она худая.
Ana hudaia
She is thin.
Он толстый.
On tolstyi
He is fat.
Он худой.
On hudoi
He is skinny.
What about other abilities and features?
Она шустрая.
Ana shustraia
She is fast.
Он неторопливый.
On nitarapleevyi
He is slow.
Она сильная.
Ana sil’naia
She is strong.
Она слабая.
Ana slabaia
She is weak.
Она красивая.
Ana kraseevaia
She is pretty.
Он красивый.
On kraseevyi
He is handsome.
Она некрасивая.
Ana nikraseevaia
She is ugly.
What about personality?
Она приветливая.
Ana privetlivaia
She is friendly.
Он симпатичный.
On simpateechnyi
He is nice.
Она спокойная.
Ana spakoinaia
She is quiet.
Она стеснительная.
Ana stisneetilnaia
She is shy.
Он весëлый.
On visyolyi
He is humorous.
Она умная.
Ana oomnaia
She is intelligent.
Он терпеливый.
On tirpileevyi
He is patient.
Она ленивая.
Ana lineevaia
She is lazy.
Он грубый.
On groobyi
He is bad-mannered.
Он серьëзный.
On sir'yoznyi
He is serious.
Он добрый.
On dobryi
He is kind.
Она трудолюбивая.
Ana trudaliubeevaia
She is hard-working.
Она смелая.
Ana smelaia
She is brave.
Он смешной.
On smishnoi
He is funny.
Она бедная.
Ana bednaia
She is poor.
Она богатая.
Ana bagataia
She is rich.
That’s it for today’s lesson. With all these descriptions you should be able to describe just about anyone!
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