No. 1,793 in Polish
zaczęły
"Zaczęły" means "started" or "began" (referring to a feminine or neuter plural subject).
In a sentence
Dzieci zaczęły śpiewać piosenkę.
The children started singing a song.
In this sentence, 'zaczęły' is used to indicate the action performed by the subject (dzieci, plural feminine or mixed-gender noun). It is the past tense form in plural.
Kwiaty zaczęły się otwierać na wiosnę.
The flowers began to bloom in the spring.
Here, 'zaczęły' reflects an action occurring in the past, with 'kwiaty' being the subject (plural noun, grammatically treated as feminine).
Po trudnym początku, negocjacje zaczęły przynosić efekty.
After a difficult start, the negotiations started yielding results.
In this example, 'zaczęły' refers to the subject 'negocjacje' (plural feminine noun), indicating the beginning of yielding results in the past.
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