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Hey, hey.
My name is Molly.
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And in this video, we will be talking
about the difference between fun and funny.
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Now, my students are always
getting these two words confused.
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And today, we are going to fix that problem.
Let's look at the board.
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Our first word is ‘fun’.
Now, ‘fun’ can be used as an adjective or a noun.
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It means you enjoy yourself
and you have a good time.
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Maybe you go to the pool friends on a nice day.
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You had a good time.
You had fun.
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Let's look at our second word, ‘funny’.
‘funny’ has two meanings.
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And it can be used as an adjective.
The first meaning is, it makes you laugh.
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Hahaha
Okay. Your friend tells
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a funny joke and the joke is funny.
Okay. Our second, less common,
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meaning is it's strange.
Something is a little strange.
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So let's keep practicing
and look at some examples.
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Now, I'm going to tell you about
a party I went to last weekend.
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The party was fun.
I had a good time.
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I had a lot of fun.
Now, the first ‘fun’ is used as an adjective.
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And in the second sentence, it's used as a noun.
They both mean the same thing.
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That I had a good time.
Next, ‘funny’ has a different meaning.
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John was funny.
John told a joke and I laughed, “hahaha.”
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He is a funny guy.
Next, “He smelled funny.”
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Now, remember there's two meanings to ‘funny’.
Laughing like “ha ha ha”.
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And funny like strange.
“He smelled funny.”
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He smelled a little strange.
So let's keep practicing with some more examples.
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Let's do some sentences together.
And we'll choose ‘fun’ or ‘funny’.
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Playing a game is fun or funny?
You're playing a board game or
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computer game with your family.
You're having a good time playing.
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A game is fun.
A comedian is fun or funny?
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A comedian is someone who
makes you laugh “ha ha ha”.
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He's telling some good jokes.
He is funny.
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Have a good time at the beach.
I want you to have a good time.
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Have fun at the beach.
His hat looks fun or funny?
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His hat looks funny.
Now, funny can have two meanings.
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Funny like laughing “ha ha
ha” or funny like strange.
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His hat looks funny.
Now, you know the difference
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between fun and funny.
I'll see you next time.
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