Fun or Funny?

Fun

Fun 是不可数名词，表示“快乐，愉悦”。

We had such fun together.
It was fun to go to the beach with Rita’s family.
I hope you have fun!

 在非正式口语中，fun 可用作形容词，比较级 more fun, 最高级 most fun。

We did a lot of fun activities in groups and individually to learn, have a fun time, and to get to know each other better.

Funny

Funny 是形容词，表示“有趣的，可笑的”，有时略含贬义。

[an author is being interviewed about the main character in her book]

A: How would you describe Lorna?
B: Well. I think she’s very self-confident and assertive. I think she’s genuinely funny.

I think Jerry Springer is so funny. I just laugh so much when I watch his show.

Funny 还可以表示“奇怪的，意外的”。

A funny thing happened to me the other day. I was parking my car and a man came and knocked on my window … (A strange/surprising/unexpected thing happened …)

Wasn’t it funny the way Don just got up and left without saying goodbye to anyone? (Wasn’t it strange …)

Typical error 常见错误

误用“funny”表示“愉快的”：

The week I stayed in your country was really fun and I found the city where you live very interesting and beautiful.

Not: … in your country was really funny …

 

Source 参考: Cambridge.org