Build a short portrait of someone you know. The model introduces a university friend, selects a few visible details and shows her character through everyday behaviour. Read the examples together as parts of one description.
The idea
Organise the paragraph as introduction → appearance → character with evidence → personal impression. In Boyu uzun, height is the subject; in Uzun boylu biri, the whole phrase describes a person. Use saçı or saçları for her hair and huyu for her temperament. After a character word, add an action that makes it believable. Once the person is clear, you can continue without repeating the name in every sentence.
Read the text
Leyla, üniversiteden bir arkadaşım. Boyu uzun, saçı ise kısa ve kıvırcık. Leyla genellikle renkli gözlükler takar. Yumuşak bir huyu var; kolay kolay öfkelenmez. Arkadaşlarını her zaman dikkatle dinler. Leyla zor günlerde sakin kalır. Sabırlı biridir; aynı konuyu birkaç kez açıklamaktan sıkılmaz. Onun yanında kendimi rahat hissediyorum.
Examples
- Leyla genellikle renkli gözlükler takar.Leyla usually wears colourful glasses.
- Arkadaşlarını her zaman dikkatle dinler.She always listens carefully to her friends.
- Leyla zor günlerde sakin kalır.Leyla stays calm in difficult times.
- Leyla, üniversiteden bir arkadaşım.Leyla is a friend of mine from university.
- Boyu uzun, saçı ise kısa ve kıvırcık.She is tall, and her hair is short and curly.
- Yumuşak bir huyu var; kolay kolay öfkelenmez.She has a gentle nature; she does not get angry easily.
- Sabırlı biridir; aynı konuyu birkaç kez açıklamaktan sıkılmaz.She is a patient person; she does not get tired of explaining the same topic several times.
- Onun yanında kendimi rahat hissediyorum.I feel at ease around her.
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Watch out
Do not combine the two height patterns as Boyu uzun boylu. Choose Boyu uzun or Uzun boylu biri. Also, colourful glasses do not demonstrate patience: keep appearance and evidence of character separate when planning your paragraph.
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Choose the form describing a tall person.
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boylu
boylu: the sentence describes a person with biri. Uzun boy names height but cannot directly replace the adjective phrase here.
Complete with “her hair”; singular and plural forms are accepted.
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saçı / saçları
saçı / saçları: both can refer to her hair as a whole. The possessive ending connects the hair to the person; the plural form does not mean several people own it here.
Choose the behaviour that supports the claim that she is patient.
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aynı konuyu tekrar açıklar
aynı konuyu tekrar açıklar: explaining something again is evidence of patience. Wearing colourful glasses gives a visual detail, not support for that character trait.
Replace the name with “her” without changing whose company you mean.
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Onun
Onun: this form preserves the link to Leyla in onun yanında. The bare subject pronoun o cannot replace the possessive form before yanında here.
Practice round
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Choose the form describing a tall person.
Complete with “her hair”; singular and plural forms are accepted.
Choose the behaviour that supports the claim that she is patient.
aynı konuyu tekrar açıklar
Replace the name with “her” without changing whose company you mean.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Write 60–80 words in one paragraph about a real or invented person. Introduce your relationship, add two visible details, support one character trait with an action and close with your impression. Check who each possessive form refers to and remove unnecessary repetitions of the name.