Betekenis van -ish In het Nederlands

• 0 used to form adjectives and nouns that say what country or area a person, thing, or language comes from:

  • Spanish dancing

  • Are you English?

  • I've always liked the Irish (= people from Ireland).

  • Do you speak Swedish?

• 1 used to form adjectives that say what a person, thing, or action is like:

  • foolish

  • childish

• 2 used to form adjectives to give the meaning to some degree; fairly:

  • He had a sort of reddish beard.

  • She was oldish - about 60, I'd say.

  • We'll start at sevenish (= about seven o'clock).