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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？
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How to say "I found my glasses"
I would say "メガネは、みつかりました。". ..
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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！」.
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I found my glasses(Feminine and adults) － 私のメガネを見つけた。

I found my glasses(Boy) － 僕はメガネを見つけた。
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