Perasaanku

Perasaanku is a phrase in the Indonesian language that combines the noun perasaan, meaning feeling or sentiment, with the possessive suffix -ku, meaning my. The result is a personal expression that translates roughly to “my feeling” or “my sentiments.” As a linguistic unit, perasaanku highlights the speaker’s own emotional state and can function as a subject or an object within a sentence.

In everyday use, perasaanku is commonly employed to convey subjective emotions in both spoken and written Indonesian. For example, it can appear in sentences such as “Perasaanku berubah setelah mendengar kabar itu” (My feelings changed after hearing the news) or “Perasaanku tidak tenang” (My feelings are unsettled). It is also a form frequently found in diaries, personal essays, poetry, and songs, where intimate emotion is a central theme.

Morphologically, perasaan is the base noun meaning feeling, while -an forms a noun meaning a state or quality. The suffix -ku marks first-person possession. Other possessor suffixes produce related forms: perasaannya (his/her/its feeling), perasaannya, or perasaanku (my feeling). In more formal contexts, speakers might use saya punya perasaan or perasaan saya instead of perasaanku, though the latter often conveys a closer or more personal tone.

Overall, perasaanku serves as a concise, everyday way to articulate one’s inner emotional experience in Indonesian discourse. See also: perasaan, rasa, ekspresi.