Les adjectifs d'apparence - Learn some new adjectives describing one's appearance.
Welcome back to a new lesson on The Languages Kitchen. We've already tackled some other adjectives a few weeks ago as we talked about adjectives describing one's personality. If you haven't followed that lesson, you can find it here. Now. let's get on with today's lesson. I decided to divide these adjectives into four main categories; taille, cheveux, yeux et visage.
La taille
Il est/Elle est ...
grand/e (tall)
petit/e (short)
de taille moyenne (medium size)
L'apparence
Il est/Elle est ...
gros/se (fat)
mince (slim)
maigre (thin)
robuste (strong)
fort/e (strong)
musclé/e (muscular)
faible (weak)
beau/belle (handsome/beautiful)
joli/e (pretty)
mignon/ne (cute)
laid/e (ugly)
jeune (young)
vieux/vieille (old)
âgé/e (old)
Le visage
Il a/Elle a un visage ...
allongé (long)
rond (round)
carré (square)
lisse (smooth)
ridé (wrinkled)
Il a ....
une barbe (a beard)
une moustache (a moustache)
Elle a ...
un teint clair/foncé (a fair/dark complexion)
un visage bronzé (a bronzed face)
Les cheveux
Il a/Elle a les cheveux ...
longs (long)
courts (short)
ondulés (wavy)
bouclés (curly)
frisés (frizzy)
raides (straight)
blonds (blonde)
noirs (black)
châtains (brown)
bruns (dark-haired/brown)
roux (red-haired)
gris (grey)
Il est/Elle est chauve (bald)
Les yeux
Il a/Elle a les yeux ...
grands (big)
petits (small)
brillants (bright)
noirs (black)
bleus (blue)
verts (green)
marron (EXCEPTION - marron doesn't have a plural version) (brown)
Le fils est de taille moyenne.
Il a les cheveux noirs, courts et bouclés.
Le fils a un visage rond et lisse avec un teint foncé.
Il a les yeux grands, ronds et marron.
Now that you learnt a few new things and you had a go at describing our character, go ahead and click on the link below for today's worksheet where you can practice further on this topic. Enjoy and see you next week for another lesson!!
