2022-02-11

Let’s learn about "찾았다”

찼았다 : I found it


[other expressions]

- 찾았다. (to younger people or friends)

- 찾았네. (to younger people or friends)

- 찾았어. (to younger people or friends)

- 찾았네요. (honourific by ‘요’)

- 찾았어요. (honourific by ‘요’)

- 찾았습니다. (formal; more honourific by ‘스’)


[explanations]

* 찾다 : find; search

* 찾았다 : past tense of 찾다 by ‘-았-‘


* 찾았습니다 : 찾았(the stem of 찾았다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific verb ending suffix by ‘스’)


* a verb + -다 / -네 / -어 : an non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix

* a verb + -네 / -어 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb + -습니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘스-‘ / ‘-ㅂ’

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