Example Sentences#

1. 한국은 열정이 폭발하는 느낌이고, 일본은 질서 있는 에너지 같네.¹
   Korean concerts are like this explosion of passion, while Japanese concerts are more like an organized kind of energy.
   • 느낌 means ‘feeling’ or ‘impression’.
   • 이다 is the copula ‘to be’.
   • -고 is a connective ending used to link two actions or states, meaning ‘and’, or to join the main verb to auxiliary verbs.
2. 뭔가 따뜻한 느낌이랄까.²
   It’s kind of a warm feeling, you might say.
   • 느낌 means ‘feeling’ or ‘sensation’.
   • -이랄까 is a contraction of -이라고 할까, where 이라고 combines 이다 (to be) and the quotative particle 라고 (indicating reported speech or thoughts); 하다 means ‘to say’; and -ㄹ까 is a question ending expressing uncertainty or wonder, often used when the speaker is asking themselves a question. This pattern is used to suggest something indirectly or tentatively, softening the statement, similar to ‘I might say’ or ‘perhaps one could say’.
3. 태민: 응, 드라마가 동화 같은 느낌도 좀 있었잖아?²
   Taemin: Yes, the drama had a bit of a fairy tale-like feeling too, didn’t it?
   • 느낌 means ‘feeling’ or ‘impression’.
   • 도 is a particle meaning ‘also’ or ‘even’.
4. 태민: 나의 아저씨는 현실적이고 감동을 주는 드라마고, 사이코지만 괜찮아는 독특하고 따뜻한 느낌이 있는 드라마인 것 같아.²
   Taemin: I think ‘My Mister’ is a realistic and touching drama, while ‘It’s Okay to Not Be Okay’ is a drama with a unique and warm feeling.
   • 느낌 means ‘feeling’ or ‘impression’.
   • 이 is the subject particle.