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KOREAN VERB

찾다

to look for, to find

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Conjugation

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Present

현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI look for
NegativeI don’t look for

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI looked for
NegativeI didn’t look for

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will look for
NegativeI won’t look for

Honorific

높임말 · to or about an elder: the -시- forms

Form Polite Formal
PresentI look for (respectfully)
PastI looked for (respectfully)
FutureI will look for (respectfully)

Connectives

연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences

  1. And (-고) looking for, and…, and…
  2. So, and then (-아/어서) looking for, and…, so…
  3. If, when (-(으)면) if I look for
  4. Because (-(으)니까) because I look for
  5. But (-지만) I look for, but…

Requests and commands

명령형 · -(으)세요, -(으)십시오, the casual form, -지 마세요

  1. Please (-(으)세요) please look for
  2. Formal request (-(으)십시오) please look for (formal)
  3. Plain command look for! (casual)
  4. Please don’t please don’t look for

How to use 찾다

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    요즘 한강 근처에서 집을 찾아요.

    These days I'm looking for a house near the Han River.

  2. Past

    드디어 소파 밑에서 열쇠를 찾았어요!

    At last I found the key under the sofa!

  3. Future

    은행에서 돈을 좀 찾을 거예요.

    I'm going to withdraw some money at the bank.

  4. Honorific

    할머니, 안경은 어디에서 찾으셨어요?

    Grandma, where did you find your glasses?

  5. Connectives

    지갑을 한 시간 찾았지만 없었어요.

    I looked for my wallet for an hour, but it wasn't there.

  6. Requests and commands

    민준아, 네 방에서 리모컨 좀 찾아.

    Min-jun, look for the remote in your room.

Good to know

  • 찾다 is both the looking and the finding: 열쇠를 찾아요 is "I'm looking for the key", 찾았어요 "I found it".
  • 돈을 찾다 is to withdraw money from the bank.

Where you hear 찾다

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Korean · Beginner Level 2

  • 손님, 뭐 찾으세요? What are you looking for, sir?
  • 어제 지갑을 찾았어요. Yesterday I found my wallet.
  • 내일 싼 핸드폰을 찾을 거예요. Tomorrow I'll look for a cheap phone.

Korean · Beginner Level 3

  • 손님, 뭐 찾으세요? What are you looking for, sir?
  • 어제 지갑을 찾았어요. Yesterday I found my wallet.
  • 내일 싼 핸드폰을 찾을 거예요. Tomorrow I'll look for a cheap phone.
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The phone

Beginner Level 2 · 뭐 찾으세요? · 어서 오세요. 뭐 찾으세요?

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A winter coat

Beginner Level 2 · 어서 오세요! 패딩 찾으세요?

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Signing on

Beginner Level 3 · 제 집을 찾으려고 합니다. · 어디에서 찾으려고 해요?

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Telling the Kims

Beginner Level 3 · 그리고 집을 찾기로 했어요.

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The estate agent

Beginner Level 3 · 안녕하십니까? 어떤 집을 찾으십니까?

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The flower shop

Intermediate Level 1 · 어떤 꽃 찾으세요?

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The families meet

Advanced Level 1 · 이 근처요. 마포에서 찾고 있어요.

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A tip from the vice-principal

Advanced Level 1 · 고등학교에서 교사를 찾습니다.

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Seaweed soup

Advanced Level 3 · 아직 주차 자리 찾느라고요.

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Setting the hundred-day table

Advanced Level 3 · 백 명 찾으려면 시장 전체요.

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The ring in the taxi

Fluency Level 2 · 그래서, 찾았어?

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