찾다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄎᆞᆽ〮다〮 (Yale: chóc-tá).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰa̠t̚t͈a̠]

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• Phonetic hangul: [찯따]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	chatda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	chajda
McCune–Reischauer?	ch'atta
Yale Romanization?	chacta

Verb

찾다 • (chatda) (infinitive 찾아, sequential 찾으니) (transitive)

1. to search, to look for

   애타게 찾으려는 그의 모습을 보니 나의 눈에 눈물이 고였다.

   Aetage chajeuryeoneun geu-ui moseub-eul boni na-ui nun-e nunmur-i goyeotda.

   Tears welled up in my eyes when I saw him anxiously searching for it.

2. to find

   슈퍼마켓 찾으려 하는데요.— 아, 좋아. 슈퍼마켓은 어빙 1500번지에 있어. 아파트에서 가까워. —좋아요.

   Syupeomaket chajeuryeo haneundeyo.- A, joa. Syupeomakes-eun eobing 1500beonji-e isseo. Apateu-eseo gakkawo. -Joayo.

   I want to find a supermarket. —Oh, okay. The supermarket is at 1500 Irving Street. It is near the apartment. — Great!

   Original English texts from 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

3. to visit
4. (of money) to withdraw

Usage notes

In the present tense, used to mean “to look for”, and often used with 보다 (boda, “to try to do something”) or an adverb of manner such as 열심히 (熱心—, yeolsimhi, “dedicatedly”) and 샅샅이 (satsachi, “thoroughly”). This can imply a successful search, i.e. “to find”, especially in the past tense, and this sense is often used with an adverb of result such as 쉽게 (swipge, “easily”) or 못 (mot, “cannot”).

Conjugation

    Selected forms of the verb 찾다 (chatda): consonant-stem, regular

Sentence-final forms
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	찾는다 channeunda	찾아 chaja	찾아요 chajayo	찾습니다 chatseumnida
	Past	찾았다 chajatda	찾았어 chajasseo	찾았어요 chajasseoyo	찾았습니다 chajatseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	찾느냐 channeunya	찾아 chaja	찾아요 chajayo	찾습니까 chatseumnikka
	Past	찾았느냐 chajanneunya	찾았어 chajasseo	찾았어요 chajasseoyo	찾았습니까 chajatseumnikka
Hortative		찾자 chatja	찾아 chaja	찾아요 chajayo	찾으십시다 chajeusipsida
Imperative		찾아라 chajara	찾아 chaja	찾아요 chajayo	찾읍시오 chajeupsio
Assertive		찾겠다 chatgetda	찾겠어 chatgesseo	찾겠어요 chatgesseoyo	찾겠습니다 chatgetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason		찾아 chaja	찾아서 chajaseo	찾으니 chajeuni	찾으니까 chajeunikka
Contrast		찾지만 chatjiman	찾는데 channeunde	찾더니 chatdeoni
Conjunction		찾고 chatgo
Condition		찾으면 chajeumyeon	찾아야 chajaya
Motive		찾으려고 chajeuryeogo
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		찾음 chajeum	찾기 chatgi
Past-tense verbal nouns		찾았음 chajasseum	찾았기 chajatgi
Determiners	Past	찾은 chajeun
	Present	찾는 channeun
	Future	찾을 chajeul

Sentence-final forms with honorific
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	찾으신다 chajeusinda	찾으셔 chajeusyeo	찾으세요, 찾으셔요 chajeuseyo, chajeusyeoyo	찾으십니다 chajeusimnida
	Past	찾으셨다 chajeusyeotda	찾으셨어 chajeusyeosseo	찾으셨어요 chajeusyeosseoyo	찾으셨습니다 chajeusyeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	찾으시느냐 chajeusineunya	찾으셔 chajeusyeo	찾으세요, 찾으셔요 chajeuseyo, chajeusyeoyo	찾으십니까 chajeusimnikka
	Past	찾으셨느냐 chajeusyeonneunya	찾으셨어 chajeusyeosseo	찾으셨어요 chajeusyeosseoyo	찾으셨습니까 chajeusyeotseumnikka
Imperative		찾으시라 chajeusira	찾으셔 chajeusyeo	찾으세요 chajeuseyo	찾으십시오 chajeusipsio
Assertive		찾으시겠다 chajeusigetda	찾으시겠어 chajeusigesseo	찾으시겠어요 chajeusigesseoyo	찾으시겠습니다 chajeusigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason		찾으셔 chajeusyeo	찾으셔서 chajeusyeoseo	찾으시니 chajeusini	찾으시니까 chajeusinikka
Contrast		찾으시지만 chajeusijiman	찾으시는데 chajeusineunde	찾으시더니 chajeusideoni
Conjunction		찾으시고 chajeusigo
Condition		찾으시면 chajeusimyeon	찾으셔야 chajeusyeoya
Motive		찾으시려고 chajeusiryeogo
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns		찾으심 chajeusim	찾으시기 chajeusigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		찾으셨음 chajeusyeosseum	찾으셨기 chajeusyeotgi
Determiners	Past	찾으신 chajeusin
	Present	찾으시는 chajeusineun
	Future	찾으실 chajeusil