찾다

to find

TOPIK 1 1급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
찾는
아/어Infinitive
찾아
-으니Since
찾으니
합니다Formal
찾습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 찾아요찾습니다찾아찾는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 찾았어요찾았습니다찾았어찾았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 찾겠어요찾겠습니다찾겠어찾겠다
-을 것이다Going to 찾을 거예요찾을 것입니다찾을 거야찾을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 찾아요?찾습니까?찾아?찾니?
과거Past 찾았어요?찾았습니까?찾았어?찾았니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 찾으세요찾으십시오찾아찾아라
청유Let's 찾아요찾읍시다찾아찾자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 찾아요안 찾습니다안 찾아안 찾는다
-지 않다Not (long) 찾지 않아요찾지 않습니다찾지 않아찾지 않는다
못Cannot 못 찾아요못 찾습니다못 찾아못 찾는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 찾으세요찾으십니다찾으셔찾으신다
과거Past 찾으셨어요찾으셨습니다찾으셨어찾으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
찾는
과거Past
찾은
미래Future
찾을
회상Used to
찾던

Joining clauses

-고and
찾고
-게-ly / so that
찾게
-어서so / and then
찾아서
-으니까since
찾으니까
-으면if / when
찾으면
-지만but
찾지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
찾는데
-어도even if
찾아도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 찾고 있어요찾고 있습니다찾고 있어찾고 있다
과거Was doing 찾고 있었어요찾고 있었습니다찾고 있었어찾고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

없는 걸 찾아 보세요.

Watch what's not.

뭔가 방법을 찾을 겁니다.

He'll figure it out.

그들은 이런 사람을 찾습니다.

They sought people like him out.

그들이 이것을 찾았다.

They found this.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 찾다 in Korean?

찾다 (to find) is 찾아요 in the polite 해요체, 찾습니다 in formal 합니다체, 찾아 in casual 반말 and 찾는다 in the plain written style. The past is 찾았어요.

What is the past tense of 찾다?

찾았어요 in everyday polite speech, 찾았습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 찾아 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 찾다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 찾습니다, 찾아, 찾으니 all keep 찾 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 찾다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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