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English Suffixes

Today we’re going to do some awesome suffixes To describe things like weather, you can use the suffix “Y” But you can also use this to describe people’s appearance For example: If somebody has a lot of hair They are “hairy” Or another example “Shiny” or like the guy in twilight “Sparkly” Notice you’re putting a noun with the letter “Y” So you can also describe tastes and smells

For example: This tastes fishy Or lemony Or my tea is milky So those are most common for tastes and smells, But for colours and times, we add “ISH” This means not exactly that colour or time, but, more or less For example: So she’s asking “What colour are my eyes?” He can say “Not exactly green, not exactly blue” Greenish bluish If you’re not good with meeting people on time “Let’s meet at 8ish” Not exactly eight, maybe a bit before, maybe a bit after, …eight-ish! You can also just use “ish” alone For example: “Are they good-looking?” “Ish” “Was the movie good?” “Ish”

Remember: “ish” is kind of informal …or informal-ish But to say that something is in the style of something in a more formal way You can say: “Esque” For example: This church is in the style of a Roman Church It’s “Romanesque” If something’s in an Arab style in “Arabesque” If something sounds like it’s from a Kafka novel, It’s Kafkaesque! See you in the next class. Bye!