No. 3,936 in Catalan
començaven
"Començaven" means "they began" or "they were beginning" in English.
In a sentence
Els alumnes començaven a entendre el concepte després de molta explicació.
The students were beginning to understand the concept after a lot of explanation.
In this sentence, 'començaven' is used as a past imperfect tense indicating the initiation of understanding by the students.
Ells començaven les tasques cada dia a les vuit del matí.
They used to start the tasks every day at eight in the morning.
Here, 'començaven' shows a habitual action in the past, indicating the regular timing when tasks were initiatied.
Quan plovia, els carrers començaven a estar tranquils.
When it rained, the streets started to become calm.
'Començaven' in this sentence reflects the reaction or resultant state as an effect in past situations like rain.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “començaven” in actual Catalan podcasts.
Find “començaven” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Catalan podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Catalan books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).