fun
/fʌn/noun
उच्चारण फ़न
मज़ा, आनंद, मनोरंजन
Basic word
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enjoyment; pleasure; a thing that gives enjoyment or pleasure and makes you feel happy; behaviour or activities that are not serious but come from a sense of enjoyment
मज़ा, आनंद, मनोरंजन
- We had a lot of fun.
- Learning can be fun.
- The children had great fun at the fair.
+ 2 more examples
- It was no fun waiting in the rain.
- We play cards just for fun.
Synonyms enjoyment amusement pleasure entertainment merriment
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§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
fun (uncountable noun)
Fun is uncountable and means enjoyment or amusement. It never takes a plural and has no article in a general statement.
'Fun' अगणनीय संज्ञा है और इसका अर्थ आनंद या मनोरंजन है। इसका बहुवचन नहीं बनता और सामान्य कथन में article नहीं लगता।
- We had a lot of fun at the picnic.
- Learning words can be fun.
be fun / it is fun to + verb
Fun can follow be as a predicate, and it is often used in the pattern it is fun to do something. Use it with the subject describing the activity.
'Fun' predicate के रूप में 'be' के बाद आ सकता है, और 'it is fun to ...' ढाँचा आम है। यह उस गतिविधि के बारे में कहा जाता है।
- It is fun to play cricket in the rain.
- The class was really fun.
fun + noun (adjective use)
In informal English, fun can come before a noun, meaning enjoyable, as in a fun evening. Formal writing prefers enjoyable.
अनौपचारिक English में 'fun' noun से पहले आकर 'आनंददायक' का अर्थ देता है, जैसे 'a fun evening'। औपचारिक लेखन में 'enjoyable' बेहतर है।
- It was a fun day out with friends.
for fun / make fun of / in fun
For fun means for pleasure and not for any serious purpose. Make fun of means to laugh at someone unkindly. In fun means as a joke.
'For fun' का अर्थ मज़े के लिए है। 'Make fun of' का अर्थ किसी का मज़ाक उड़ाना है। 'In fun' का अर्थ मज़ाक में है।
- She learnt the guitar just for fun.
- Do not make fun of her accent.
+Collocations 5
adjective + fun
goodgreatharmlesscleaninnocenthealthy
- The children had good, clean fun at the fair.
verb + fun
havemakepokespoilenjoy
- Have fun at the party!
fun + noun
runfairgamefactparkday
- The school organised a fun run for charity.
noun + of fun
bundlebarrelloadlotday
- The younger cousins are a bundle of fun.
fun phrases
for funjust for funin funfor the fun of itgood fun
- He took part just for the fun of it.
“More examples 5
- Radhika had great fun at the village fair.
राधिका को गाँव के मेले में बहुत मज़ा आया।
- The boys were only joking; it was all in fun.
लड़के केवल मज़ाक कर रहे थे; यह सब हँसी-मज़ाक में था।
- They teased the new student, but it was not fun for him.
उन्होंने नए विद्यार्थी को चिढ़ाया, पर उसके लिए यह मज़ेदार नहीं था।
- Maths can be fun if the teacher uses games.
यदि शिक्षक खेलों का प्रयोग करे तो गणित मज़ेदार हो सकता है।
- Joining the debating club was fun and also useful.
वाद-विवाद क्लब में शामिल होना मज़ेदार भी था और उपयोगी भी।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ We had many fun during the trip.
✓ We had a lot of fun during the trip.
Fun is uncountable, so it cannot take many.
'Fun' अगणनीय है, इसलिए उसके साथ 'many' नहीं आता।
✗ The boys made fun on the new student.
✓ The boys made fun of the new student.
The phrase is make fun of, not make fun on.
सही phrase 'make fun of' है, 'make fun on' नहीं।
¶Idioms 3
for fun / for the fun of it
for pleasure; not seriously
मज़े के लिए
- She paints just for fun.
- They raced each other for the fun of it.
make fun of sb/sth
to laugh at sb/sth or make other people laugh at them, usually in an unkind way
किसी का मज़ाक़ उड़ाना
- Don't make fun of his accent.
- The other boys made fun of him for being short.
in fun
as a joke
मज़ाक़ में
- I only said it in fun.
- It was all done in fun; nobody meant any harm.
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Keep the enjoyment words: fun, amusement, entertainment, pleasure, merriment, recreation.
आनंद के शब्द याद रखिए: fun, amusement, entertainment, pleasure, merriment, recreation।
§Grammar and usage
Fun is uncountable ('have fun', 'a lot of fun', not 'a fun' or 'funs'); keep apart fun (enjoyable: 'The trip was fun') and funny (making you laugh, or strange: 'a funny joke', 'a funny smell').
अक्सर पूछा जाता है: fun uncountable है ('have fun', 'a lot of fun', 'a fun' या 'funs' नहीं); fun (आनंददायक: 'The trip was fun') और funny (हँसाने वाला, या अजीब: 'a funny joke', 'a funny smell') को अलग रखिए।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Make fun of sb (laugh at somebody unkindly), for fun (for enjoyment, not seriously), poke fun at (make fun of), fun and games (activities that are not serious), in fun (as a joke).
Idioms: make fun of sb (किसी पर निर्दयता से हँसना, मज़ाक उड़ाना), for fun (आनंद के लिए, गंभीरता से नहीं), poke fun at (मज़ाक उड़ाना), fun and games (गंभीर न होने वाली गतिविधियाँ), in fun (मज़ाक में)।