Questions & Answers about اون تو کلاس یه شوخی کرد.
Why is تو used here instead of در for "in"?
In colloquial Tehrani Farsi, the formal word for "in" (در) is almost always replaced by تو (or توی if it comes before a vowel or takes an ezāfe). So تو کلاس is the natural, everyday way to say "in class".
I see یه before شوخی. Is that just the spoken form of یک?
Yes! In spoken Farsi, the word یک (a/one) is reduced to یه. So یه شوخی is simply the everyday way to say "a joke".
The translation says "made a joke", but the verb is کرد. Why don't we use a verb that means "to make"?
In Farsi, "to joke" is expressed with the compound verb شوخی کردن (literally "to do a joke"). English uses "make" for a lot of expressions where Farsi uses کردن (to do). You would only use the Farsi verb for "to make" (ساختن) when physically building or manufacturing something.
Does اون specifically mean "he", or can it mean "she" too?
Farsi pronouns are gender-neutral, so اون can mean "he", "she", or "that". It is the spoken form of او or آن. We translated it as "He" for the English sentence, but "She" would be just as correct without more context.