Describing People in Czech: má dlouhé vlasy, nosí brýle
Finding a friend in a crowd, describing a colleague, gossiping constructively — all one skill, built on the verb mít and your adjective agreement.
Hair and Eyes
The pattern is possession: Má dlouhé vlasy — she has long hair. Má krátké/hnědé/světlé vlasy (short/brown/fair). Má modré oči — blue eyes (oko → oči, an old dual form).
Má dlouhé hnědé vlasy a zelené oči.
She has long brown hair and green eyes.
Note: vlasy and oči are plural — the adjectives wear -é.
Build and Height
Je vysoký/vysoká — tall. Je malý/malá — short. Je štíhlý — slim. And the appearance verb: vypadá — looks: Vypadá dobře — he looks good; Vypadá unaveně — looks tired.
What They Wear
nosit — to wear habitually: Nosí brýle — he wears glasses. Nosí svetr, džíny, černé boty. Right now: má na sobě — he's got on: Dnes má na sobě oblek — today he's wearing a suit.
Character
Common Mistakes
- Je dlouhé vlasy. Features are had, not been: má dlouhé vlasy.
- nosí for today's outfit. Right now is má na sobě; nosí means habitually.
- Agreement drift. milý kamarád, milá babička, milé dítě — the endings still follow the noun.
What You Can Do Now
You can describe anyone — hair, eyes, height, glasses, character — pick a person out of a crowd from a description, and gossip with grammatical precision.