"那个广告很好笑！"

Translation: That advertisement is funny!

[LiamFlanag]

HENNNNNNN 很很很很很很很。 Duolingo's use of 很 is so arbitrary

[RichardWrigley]

"That advertisement is funny!" is acceptable, as is the same sentence with "ad," but not "advert." Where's the sense in that?

[hippietrail]

The people making the course are probably just more familiar with American English than British English.

[Poliwag60]

Why is 'very' ('很') not provided?

[Gabrielle145359]

In this case 很 is needed because the sentence would be grammatically incorrect without it, so it doesn't really mean "very" here.

[PeaceJoyPancakes]

"很" isn't absolutely necessary in the Chinese sentence.

And "very funny" is now accepted.

[KX3.]

If I remember correctly this was addressed in one of the earlier skill's tips and notes section, but generally in this course it is translated without the very, which is why I find 真好笑 better than 很好笑