No. 878 in Lithuanian
pradės
"Pradės" means "will start" or "will begin" in English.
In a sentence
Jis pradės mokytis naujos kalbos kitą savaitę.
He will start learning a new language next week.
The word 'pradės' in this sentence functions as a verb in the future tense, indicating the commencement of an action in the upcoming time.
Šis procesas pradės pagreitėti artėjant terminui.
This process will begin to accelerate as the deadline approaches.
Here, 'pradės' is again in the future tense and describes the initiation of a gradual change or development in the context of a process nearing a deadline.
Vaikai pradės žaisti, kai tik baigsis pamokos.
The children will start playing as soon as the classes are over.
In this sentence, 'pradės' is used to indicate an immediate action in the future contingent on another event finishing.
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