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TOPIK 4adverb

어쩐지

eojjeonji

어쩐지 + reason: 어쩐지 …더라고요 · 어쩐지 기분이 이상해요 (somehow)

no wonder; somehow

Example

오늘 휴일이었어요? 어쩐지 길이 한산하더라고요.

Was today a holiday? No wonder the streets were so quiet.

Word parts

From 어찌하다 'how' + -ㄴ지 'whether': 'I didn't know how, but …'.

Good to know

Two uses: after you learn the reason, 어쩐지! means 'No wonder!'; for an unexplained feeling it means 'somehow', like 왠지.