feel happy for

Meaning

This phrase is used to express that you share in someone else's joy, success, or good fortune. It shows support and positive feelings toward a friend, family member, or colleague when something good happens to them. It is widely used in both casual and polite conversations.

Examples

• I feel so happy for you and your new job promotion!

  I feel so happy for you and your new job promotion!

• We all felt happy for Sarah when she bought her first house.

  We all felt happy for Sarah when she bought her first house.

• Do you feel happy for your ex-boyfriend now that he is married?

  Do you feel happy for your ex-boyfriend now that he is married?

• They felt happy for their daughter when she graduated from college.

  They felt happy for their daughter when she graduated from college.

• I honestly feel happy for him, even though I wanted that prize too.

  I honestly feel happy for him, even though I wanted that prize too.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I feel happy of you.

  ✓ I feel happy for you.

  We use the preposition 'for' to show that our happiness is on behalf of another person, not 'of' or 'about'.

• ✗ She feels happy for he.

  ✓ She feels happy for him.

  'For' is a preposition, so it must be followed by an object pronoun (him, her, them, us) instead of a subject pronoun.

Related Expressions

Practice

• When John won the race, everyone ___ him.

  💡 Past tense of sharing someone's joy

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  felt happy for

• I really ___ you and your new family!

  💡 Express joy on behalf of someone else

  Show answer

  feel happy for