How to say "I found my glasses"


I know it's a simple question but I want to be sure if the answer so I don't
get confused. I know to search is 探す but what about "I found (something)"?
Because 探した doesn't seem correct and seems like it would mean "I searched".

> メガネを見つかった？Or メガネを見つかっていた？




The former option is close, but you should use transitive 見つける instead of
見つかる.

> メガネを見つけた - (I) found my glasses

The reason you should use 見つける instead of 見つかる is because the former is
transitive (takes a direct object, with を) and the latter is intransitive (is
done on its own). In other words, 見つける is the process of _someone_ finding
_something_ , whereas 見つかる is _something being found_.

So using 見つかる is not wrong, but you'll have to change up the sentence a bit,
since using を with it is ungrammatical.

> メガネは見つかった - My glasses are found

見つかる emphasizes that it was found, maybe by accident; 見つける emphasizes that
_someone_ found it, probably by looking for it.

Whenever you finally find something you've been looking for, you exclaim
「見つかった！」 ("Found it!") rather than 「見つけた！」.




The former option is close, but you should use transitive 見つける instead of
見つかる.

> メガネを見つけた - (I) found my glasses

The reason you should use 見つける instead of 見つかる is because the former is
transitive (takes a direct object, with を) and the latter is intransitive (is
done on its own). In other words, 見つける is the process of _someone_ finding
_something_ , whereas 見つかる is _something being found_.

So using 見つかる is not wrong, but you'll have to change up the sentence a bit,
since using を with it is ungrammatical.

> メガネは見つかった - My glasses are found

見つかる emphasizes that it was found, maybe by accident; 見つける emphasizes that
_someone_ found it, probably by looking for it.

Whenever you finally find something you've been looking for, you exclaim
「見つかった！」 ("Found it!") rather than 「見つけた！」.

