낯선 객이 찾아와 하룻밤 묵어가기를 청했다.
A strange guest came and asked to stay for the night.
Korean
찾아오다
찾아오다
Meaning: to come to visit; to come to find; to come back (season, time)
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Verb inflections
| Form | Inflected form |
|---|---|
| Base | 찾아오다 |
| Present | 찾아온다 |
| Polite | 찾아와요 |
| Formal | 찾아옵니다 |
| Past | 찾아왔다 |
| Past + Polite | 찾아왔어요 |
| Guess + Polite | 찾아오겠어요 |
| Connective | 찾아오고 |
| Conditional | 찾아오면 |
| Volitional | 찾아오자 |
| Imperative | 찾아와라 |
| Imperative + Polite | 찾아오세요 |
| Attributive | 찾아오는 / 찾아온 / 찾아올 |
Example sentences
A friend came to visit my house.
새벽녘에는 도심에도 고요가 찾아온다.
At dawn, silence finds its way into the city center as well.
살을 에는 듯한 추위가 찾아왔다.
A piercing cold has come.
매년 겨울이면 이 호수에 수천 마리의 철새가 찾아온다.
Every winter, thousands of migratory birds visit this lake.
지구의 기후 변화로 인해 빙하기가 찾아왔다.
An ice age came due to Earth's climate change.
친구가 연락도 없이 불쑥 찾아왔다.
A friend visited suddenly without even calling.
그는 때때로 나를 찾아온다.
He sometimes visits me.
Usage Notes
Can mean 'to visit someone's place', 'to retrieve something', or 'for a season/time to arrive'.
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