찾다
chat-da
In Korean you 'search out' your money at the bank
The picture Eyes sweep across a wide space square by square, then stop dead on the one spot they wanted. chatda is feeling your way toward what is missing; boda is taking in what is already in front of you.
Where the picture shows up in 찾다
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The eyes sweep
지갑을 잃어버려서 찾고 있어요.
ji-ga-beul i-reo-beo-ryeo-seo chat-go i-sseo-yo
I lost my wallet, so I'm looking for it.
Crouched down, hands brushing the floor square by square as the eyes crawl along
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The eyes stop
열쇠를 드디어 찾았어요.
yeol-soe-reul deu-di-eo cha-ja-sseo-yo
I finally found my keys.
The sweeping eyes lock onto one spot and a hand shoots straight to it
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Asking for a person
손님이 사장님을 찾으세요.
son-ni-mi sa-jang-ni-meul cha-jeu-se-yo
A customer is asking for the manager.
Someone in the doorway leans in and calls one person's name
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Taking money out
은행에서 돈을 찾아야 해요.
eun-haeng-e-seo do-neul cha-ja-ya hae-yo
I have to withdraw cash at the bank.
A number written in a bankbook crosses the counter and becomes bills in your hand
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Tracing a route or fact
지도에서 병원을 찾아볼게요.
ji-do-e-seo byeong-wo-neul cha-ja-bol-ge-yo
Let me look up the hospital on the map.
A finger travels across a map and halts on one building
All of it in one picture
chatda holds two things in one motion: the sweep and the stop. While the eyes are still sweeping the floor you are looking for the wallet; the instant they lock on, you found it. Call a name through a doorway and you are asking for someone; turn a number in a passbook into bills in your hand and you are withdrawing money; trace a finger across a map and you are finding the way.