Fun is a very ancient word. So far, we can only state a fact, and the evidence is ahead. Yes, and the noun occupies us only because we have to consider and analyze the adjective "funny" - this is the main task. But let's start with the story.
Noun origin
The word appeared in the language at the end of the 15th century, and then its meaning was unusual for a modern person. Fun is “slow down”, “delay”. When a person was amused (or then they said "amusing"), he wasted time, because the latter belonged entirely to work. Apparently, the Russian people are very eager to do this, because "loss of time" has become widespread, and, as a result, the meaning has shifted from an amorphous "delay" to "wasting time for entertainment." It happened in the 17th century. It would be interesting to know what kind of funny is, from the point of view of antiquity. But such an operation cannot be done: we have only a noun at our disposal. On this and calm down.
And setting the meaning of the word "funny" is not difficult. So they say about an object or person that can entertainor get away from work. True, in relation to a person they say so about a lover to tell funny stories. But this is a guess, not based on dictionary data. They're ahead.
Meaning and sentences
Since we have already announced, let's immediately see what our indispensable assistant has hidden in his depths: “Bringing fun, serving fun; interesting". And we hoped to do without the modern definition of a noun, but nothing can be done, the logic of the narrative requires: "Entertainment, game." Yes, nothing special, but you should always make sure and know for sure. Let's, so that there is no feeling of understatement, we will also make sentences:
- Yes, I understand that he is a funny fellow, but I can't give him a job just because he told me a good joke. We, you know, have a different genre, a different specificity.
- House is a funny character. Even cynicism doesn't hurt him. He is a doctor after all.
- It is wrong to think that children need nothing but fun. Even scientific research can be fascinating and funny, but it must be presented correctly.
Remember the entertainment industry is big business so being funny isn't bad at all, maybe you have a future as a comedian or actor.
