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Hello, I'm ja ing.
This is the English we speak.
And hello, I'm Roy.
Hey Jain.
I've just bought this new animal jumper.
What do you think?
It's got a sparkly unicorn on it.
Well, it certainly is colourful and you clearly love it.
I'm not sure I'd wear it, but it's nice.
Ish.
Nice fish.
What are you talking about?
It's a stunning unicorn, not a nice fish.
No, Roy, I said nice.
Ish.
We add the suffix ish to some adjectives to mean not exactly or less than.
Sometimes we can use ish as a word on its own, usually as an answer.
So when I said niceish, I meant to say that your jumper is okay, but.