찾았대

apparently found, they say someone found

→ 찾다

verb · informal, past tense Rare #27,514

apparently found, they say someone found A colloquial way to report what someone said or what you heard; the subject and object are understood from context.

KO: 경찰이 잃어버린 가방을 찾았대.

EN: Apparently, the police found the lost bag.

Conjugation of 찾다

찾아 찾고 찾지 찾아서 찾게 찾기 찾죠 찾느라

Quotative past

찾았다고찾았대

동균이가 일산에서 강해상 차를 찾았대

I heard Dong-gyun found Kang Hae-sang’s car in Ilsan.

— The Roundup (2022)

준영이 찾았대

They say they found Junyoung.

— Unlocked (2023)

그가 그들을 찾았대?

He found them?