Let's learn about "찾았다"

찾았다 : I've found

[other expressions]

- (내가) 찾았다. (to younger people or friends)

- (내가) 찾았네. (to younger people or friends)

- (내가) 찾았어. (to younger people or friends)

- (제가) 찾았네요. (honourific by '요')

- (제가) 찾았어요. (honourific by '요')

- (제가) 찾았습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스')

[explanations]

* 내 : I (non-homourific word)

* 제 : I (homourific word)

* -가 : a particle makes 내 / 제 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel

* 찾다 : [Pronunciation: 찾따] find; search for

* 찾았다 : [Pronunciation: 차잤따] past tense of 찾다 by '-았-'

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

* a verb + -다 / -네 / -어 : a 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