ابتدا

In a sentence

• ابتدا، روزم را با نوشیدن چای شروع می‌کنم.

  In the beginning, I start my day by drinking tea.

  The word 'ابتدا' is used to denote the starting point of an activity.

• ابتدا باید مسئله را بفهمید، سپس می‌توانید آن را حل کنید.

  First, you must understand the problem, then you can solve it.

  Here, 'ابتدا' functions as an adverb indicating the first action in a sequence.

• در ابتدا، ساختمان ساده‌ای بود اما اکنون بسیار پیچیده شده است.

  At first, it was a simple structure, but now it has become very complex.

  The word 'ابتدا' refers to the initial state of a condition before it changed.