찾아보다 Korean verb conjugation
to look for, to search
Every form of 찾아보다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 찾아보는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 찾아봐
- -으니Since
- 찾아보니
- 합니다Formal
- 찾아봅니다
현재Present
The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 찾아봐요 | 찾아봅니다 | 찾아봐 | 찾아본다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 찾아봤어요 | 찾아봤습니다 | 찾아봤어 | 찾아봤다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 찾아보겠어요 | 찾아보겠습니다 | 찾아보겠어 | 찾아보겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 찾아볼 거예요 | 찾아볼 것입니다 | 찾아볼 거야 | 찾아볼 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 찾아봐요? | 찾아봅니까? | 찾아봐? | 찾아보니? |
| 과거Past | 찾아봤어요? | 찾아봤습니까? | 찾아봤어? | 찾아봤니? |
명령Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 찾아보세요 | 찾아보십시오 | 찾아봐 | 찾아봐라 |
| 청유Let's | 찾아봐요 | 찾아봅시다 | 찾아봐 | 찾아보자 |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 찾아봐요 | 안 찾아봅니다 | 안 찾아봐 | 안 찾아본다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 찾아보지 않아요 | 찾아보지 않습니다 | 찾아보지 않아 | 찾아보지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 찾아봐요 | 못 찾아봅니다 | 못 찾아봐 | 못 찾아본다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 찾아보세요 | 찾아보십니다 | 찾아보셔 | 찾아보신다 |
| 과거Past | 찾아보셨어요 | 찾아보셨습니다 | 찾아보셨어 | 찾아보셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 찾아보는
- 과거Past
- 찾아본
- 미래Future
- 찾아볼
- 회상Used to
- 찾아보던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 찾아보고
- -게-ly / so that
- 찾아보게
- -어서so / and then
- 찾아봐서
- -으니까since
- 찾아보니까
- -으면if / when
- 찾아보면
- -지만but
- 찾아보지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 찾아보는데
- -어도even if
- 찾아봐도
진행In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 찾아보고 있어요 | 찾아보고 있습니다 | 찾아보고 있어 | 찾아보고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 찾아보고 있었어요 | 찾아보고 있었습니다 | 찾아보고 있었어 | 찾아보고 있었다 |
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2를 찾아보다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
다른 더 좋은 방법도 찾아보세요.
Figure out some of the other options that are much better.
물론 국내에서 찾아볼 수 있겠죠.
Well, we could look locally. That makes sense.
다른 게 또 있나요? 한번 찾아보죠.
Something else? Let's look for something else.
근데 그것은 이런 책에서는 찾아볼 수 없죠.
But that's not in any of those books.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 찾아보다 in Korean?
찾아보다 (to look for, to search) is 찾아봐요 in the polite 해요체, 찾아봅니다 in formal 합니다체, 찾아봐 in casual 반말 and 찾아본다 in the plain written style. The past is 찾아봤어요.
What is the past tense of 찾아보다?
찾아봤어요 in everyday polite speech, 찾아봤습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 찾아봐 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 찾아보다 a regular verb?
Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 찾아봅니다, 찾아봐, 찾아보니 all keep 찾아보 intact. Only the ending moves.
What TOPIK level is 찾아보다?
1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.
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