italki – Can I say “ I’m feeling enjoyed “ in English ? I know most of native Americans would just simply say

You can – but you probably don’t want to.

When you say “I’m feeling protected” it means that you feel like someone or something is protecting you (or you have the same feeling as when someone or something is protecting you). You are not the one doing the protecting – you are the object of the protection.

If you said “I’m feeling enjoyed” it would mean that you feel like someone or something is enjoying you. You are not doing the enjoying, you are the object of someone else’s enjoyment. Most of the time, that’s a weird thing to say.

You probably want to say “I feel a sense of enjoyment.” or “I have a feeling of enjoyment.”