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Common Mistake Monday

Fun VS Funny

Many students often

confuse how to use these words. I see this mistake often with my students.

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  • Shawn Lifetime VIP

    @Wendy Chien good example

  • Wendy Chien Lifetime VIP

    It’s fun to read a funny book. Am I right?

  • Ramon Cleiton

    Good question

  • Shawn Lifetime VIP

    @Patty de nada

  • Patty

    Eu sempre faço confusão com as duas palavras. Obrigada pela dica!

  • Shawn Lifetime VIP

    @Luigi yes, this is a good example of fun (have a good time)

  • Luigi

    @Shawn not only students 😅 My (complementary) suggestion is relate to the example "let's have fun", because I guess nobody confuse "fun" meaning in this phrase 🤓

  • Shawn Lifetime VIP

    @Carica not quite. Fun means have a good time. Funny is something that makes you laugh. If you say you feel funny, it has another meaning. It means you feel a bit different than normal. Feel free to write your own sentence to see if you understand, and I’ll let you know if it is used correctly.

  • Carica

    @Shawn noted sir, thank you for the explanation

  • Carica

    Fun is using to show my feeling, and funny is using when i want to share some opinion? Is that correct?

  • Felix

    really helpful, thanks.

  • Paula Díaz

    Let's see if I don't confuse these words any more

  • Ruth

    @Shawn I meant that sometimes there’s also a confusion since some people use divertido for both, but if we use divertido for fun and gracioso for funny, then we can avoid misunderstandings.

  • Shawn Lifetime VIP

    @Ruth yes. Spanish makes it easier to distinguish.

  • Ruth

    And in Spanish you would use “divertido” for fun , and “gracioso” for funny; to avoid misunderstandings.

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