Unit 5 – Body, Health, Personality Traits – Tělo, Zdraví, Povaha

In this unit we will learn to describe people. We will begin by describing a person’s appearance more generally by learning terms for body parts, hair and eye color, complexion, etc.

We will then learn how to describe various illnesses, pain, physical sensations, emotional states and mood.

Finally, you will learn how to describe people in terms of their character traits and talk about what traits are ideal for friends, colleagues, and partners.

Communicative Goals

Grammar

Vocabulary

• name and describe parts of the body
• describe physical appearance of a person
• talk about how you are feeling (tired, sick, hot, cold, happy, sad, etc.)
• talk about being sick and express what hurts
• describe people in terms of their
• describe your emotional state

• dative of nouns and pronouns
• using the dative to express indirect object
• using the dative to express age
• using the dative to express physical sensations (je mi zle, je mi dobře)
• past tense
• comparatives

• parts of the body
• physical description
• sickness and health
• the verb moct ‘to be able’