Last Friday, I was with a group of coworkers. One of them told a joke, and everyone laughed. I smiled too, but honestly—I didn’t understand the joke. It used a word I didn’t know and a play on words that confused me. Later, I asked my coworker, “Can you explain the joke?” She laughed and said, “Of course!” She broke it down word by word and explained the double meaning. “It’s a pun,” she said. “It plays with two meanings of one word.” I didn’t feel bad anymore. In fact, I felt proud for asking. Humor is one of the hardest parts of learning a language. It’s full of culture, timing, and special phrases. Since then, I’ve asked about more jokes and even tried telling simple ones. Sometimes they work. Sometimes they don’t. But each one helps me learn more about how people speak and connect. Not understanding is okay. Asking questions is powerful. And little by little, even jokes become part of my English world.