English Vocabulary: How to Laugh in English!
Laughing in your language is not the same as laughing in English!
In English, the sound people make when they laugh is written as ha ha ha!
You can use two or more ha in a row to show you are laughing:
Ha ha!
Ha ha ha!
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
hahaha!
hahahahahahaha!
However, one ha does not represent laughter. One ha is used when you want to express satisfaction or victory, for example “Ha! I did it. You didn’t think I could do it, but I did!” or “Ha! I told you that would happen.”
Spaces are not important, especially if you are writing something informal. If you are just writing “Hahahaha” by itself, it’s better to start with a capital letter.
Other written forms of laughter:
He he
He he he
hehehehehe
(*Remember, one he is a subject pronoun: He laughs!)Tee hee
(*this is more of a giggle!)Internet shorthand:
LOL! = laugh out loud
ROFL = rolling on the floor laughing
LMAO = laughing my a** off (swear word for bum!)
Over the past couple of years, I’ve seen various ways students laugh in their own language. Do not write these letters when you want to write laughter in English:
jejejejeje!
kkkkkkkk!
rrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrs
ejejejejejejejejejeje
jajajajajajaja
kekekekeke
These are JUST LETTERS in English! They have absolutely NO meaning in English. No one will understand that this is supposed to be laughter.
Comments
so nice , i love it
Hello, my best teacher MELANIE I am proud of you,, you may be the best teacher of world by this noble work
Dear teacher Melanie,
Thank you so much,this is very helpful for us to learn proper English.
Hi Melanie, my name is Luiz Carlos. I’m from Brazil and I live inJoinville, Santa Catarina – SC. Nice to meet you.
I’m a new student and I hope learn English with you.
Sorry, but my English is bad.
Hugs,
Thank you.
Hi Melanie
It’s a really good way to make people interested in English and show them how to speak and continue their learning process to get the hang of it,one of the my wishes is to become master in English like a native speaker,like you but I totally know it takes much time and also needs practice a lot… I just wanted to appreciate you about all the efforts you have done and you will do ….
I’m from Iran and people here laugh in this way ha ha ha like your country …
Thanks 🙂
It’s unclear whether it’s more correct to laugh with spaces.
I hadn’t thought about that, Yuri!
You can laugh with or without spaces. It doesn’t matter. Both are correct.
Thanks!
: )