Questions & Answers about این داستان خیلی خندهداره.
How does the reduced copula work in خندهداره?
In formal Farsi, this sentence ends with خندهدار است. Because the adjective خندهدار ends in a consonant, colloquial Tehrani drops the first and last letters from است, leaving just a short e sound. This sound attaches to the end of the word and is written with a final ـه, becoming خندهداره.
Why are there two ه characters in خندهداره?
They serve completely different purposes. The first one belongs to the noun خنده (meaning laugh), where the ه acts as a vowel to give it that final e sound. The second ه at the very end of the sentence is the shortened colloquial verb meaning is.
What does the ـدار suffix mean here?
The suffix ـدار comes from the present stem of the verb داشتن (to have). It attaches to nouns to mean having or possessing that quality. Since خنده means laugh or laughter, the word خندهدار literally means laughter-having, which translates to funny.
Could I use خندهدار to say a party was fun?
No, خندهدار specifically means funny or comical (something that makes you laugh). If you want to say an experience was fun or enjoyable, Farsi uses different structures, most commonly the verb phrase خوش گذشت.