How to Say ‘I found it.’ in Mexican Spanish
Ya la encontré.
yah lah en-kohn-TREH
[yah lah en-kohn-TREH]
💬 Usage Tip: la stands for la reservación, so it goes before the verb, not after as in English. If it were a masculine thing, you'd say ya lo encontré.
Phrase Breakdown
Ya
[yah]
Already
'Ya' is an adverb expressing that something has occurred already or yet.
Ya terminé mis tareas.
I have already finished my homework.
la
[lah]
it (feminine)
Object pronoun replacing a feminine noun, like 'la reservación'.
La busqué y la vi.
I looked for it and saw it.
encontré
[en-kohn-TREH]
I found
Past tense, 'yo' form of 'encontrar' (to find).
Encontré mis llaves.
I found my keys.
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