No. 527 in Latvian
sāka
"Sāka" means "started" in English.
In a sentence
Viņš sāka lasīt grāmatu.
He started reading a book.
The word 'sāka' is used here as the past tense of 'sākt', meaning 'to start', indicating the initiation of the action of reading.
Pēc pusdienām mēs visi sākām spēlēt futbolu.
After lunch, we all started playing football.
In this sentence, 'sāka' is the third person plural form of 'sākt', used to describe an action initiated by a group in the past.
Viņa karjeru viņš sāka kā skolotājs.
He started his career as a teacher.
Here, 'sāka' is used to indicate the beginning of a professional activity in the past.
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