I am having some trouble understanding a sentence and the grammar behind it :

何か見つかるといいなと思います

How does the use of といいです and と思う together work ? I understand it as "i think
that i would like" which makes no sense to me.

Also, a bit less confusing but I am also not sure why it is ”見つかる” and not
”見つける” in this case

Thank you for your help !
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combination of ”といいです” and ”と思う”
"Xといいな" is a more personal/subjective-sounding version of "Xといいです"; so instead
of interpreting it as "it would be good/fine if X", it makes sense to
interpret it as "it would be nice if X".

"Yと思う", as you know, means "I think that Y" or "I feel that Y".

Putting these two together you end up with: " _I think it would be nice if we
find something_ (literally: _...if something is found_ )." See [this
question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/48529/nuances-%E8%A6%8B%E3%81%A4%E3%81%91%E3%82%8B-vs-%E8%A6%8B%E3%81%A4%E3%81%8B%E3%82%8B)
for the difference(s) between 見つける and 見つかる.
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