No. 690 in Czech
počátku
"Počátku" means "beginning" or "start" in English.
In a sentence
Na počátku byla tma.
In the beginning, there was darkness.
Here, "počátku" is used to mean 'beginning' or 'the initial stage', particularly in a narrative or descriptive context.
Rozhodli se to změnit až od počátku nového roku.
They decided to change it only from the beginning of the new year.
In this sentence, "počátku" refers to the initial time point of a defined interval, specifically the start of the new year.
Přiznali svou chybu až po delším počátku projektu.
They admitted their mistake only after the early phase of the project.
Here, "počátku" denotes the early phase or stage of an event or process, in this case, the project.
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