気がする details
write + I have a feeling that
kaku ki ga suru
I have a feeling that; something tells me — a hunch offered with no evidence behind it
あの人、どこかで会った気がするんだよなあ。
ano hito, dokoka de atta ki ga suru n da yo naa.
I've got this feeling I've met him somewhere before. casual
今年の冬は、去年より寒い気がします。
kotoshi no fuyu wa, kyonen yori samui ki ga shimasu.
This winter feels colder to me than last year. neutral
- dictionary form
- past
- negative
- negative + past
- na-adjective
- negative
- past
- polite
- polite past
Examples
I have a feeling that; something tells me — a hunch the speaker offers without naming any evidence for it
あの人、どこかで会った気がするんだよなあ。
ano hito, dokoka de atta ki ga suru n da yo naa.
I've got this feeling I've met him somewhere before. casual
今年の冬は、去年より寒い気がします。
kotoshi no fuyu wa, kyonen yori samui ki ga shimasu.
This winter feels colder to me than last year. neutral
今から準備を始めるのは、ちょっと無理な気がします。
ima kara junbi o hajimeru no wa, chotto muri na ki ga shimasu.
Starting the preparations now feels a bit unrealistic to me. neutral
恐れ入りますが、二つ目の数字が違う気がいたします。
osoreirimasu ga, futatsume no suuji ga chigau ki ga itashimasu.
Excuse me, but I have the feeling the second figure is wrong. formal
Formation
{P}気がするattaches to plain form{NA-stem}な気がするattaches to na-adjective
Notes
行く気がしない is "I don't feel like going". To deny the content instead,
negate inside the clause — 彼は来ない気がする.
Related patterns
Similar
The same hunch with one layer between — bare 気がする welds straight onto the clause and is the shorter spoken shape, while ような気がする puts a resemblance layer in front of 気 and softens the claim a second time, which is why written prose and careful speech reach for the longer one.
と思う signs the judgment — the speaker owns it and can be asked why — while 気がする disclaims any grounds, so a proposal is argued with と思います and 気がします concedes it is only a feeling.
Lookalikes
One 〜がする tail over two different hosts — 音がする takes a bare sense word and reports what the senses caught, 気がする takes a whole clause and reports a hunch no sense delivered, so the host tells you which one you are reading before the tail does.