Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles 'Ish' is tiny but useful - especially in informal English. 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. 'Okay, I'll see you there at 2ish.' 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'. 'My coat's the brownish one over there.' And if someone is quite tall, we can say they are 'tallish'. 'I'm tallish with longish brown hair.' Finally, because 'ish' has become so popular, it's become its own word in informal English as a way to say 'kind of'. 'Did you like the film?' 'Yeah, ish.' I hope you found this video useful - 'ish'.
A2 ish informal brown brown hair coat clock How to use 'ish' - English In A Minute 11930 476 林宜悉 posted on 2021/04/10 More Share Save Report Video vocabulary