Name: How to use 'ish' - English In A Minute
Uploaded: 2021-04-10T21:01:30.000Z
Duration: 1 min 3 s
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'Ish' is tiny but useful - especially in informal English.

To-infinitive

We add 'ish' to the ends of words to make them more vague, when something is not exact, for example.

'Ish' makes times more approximate so '2ish' is about 2 o'clock.

We also add 'ish' to other numbers, so '40ish' is about 40.

'I'm not sure how old she is - 40ish I think.'

We add 'ish' to many adjectives such as colours, so if something is kind of brown, we say it's 'brownish'.

And if someone is quite tall, we can say they are 'tallish'.

Finally, because 'ish' has become so popular, it's become its own word in informal English as a way to say 'kind of'.

I hope you found this video useful - 'ish'.

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How to use 'ish' - English In A Minute

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