No. 413 in Russian
начать
To begin; to start.
In a sentence
Я хочу начать новый проект.
I want to start a new project.
Here, 'начать' is used as an infinitive verb, meaning 'to start.' It depicts the action of initiating something.
Он начал работать в новой компании.
He started working at a new company.
In this sentence, 'начал' is the past tense of 'начать,' indicating that the action of starting happened in the past.
Мы начинаем изучать новый язык.
We are beginning to learn a new language.
Here, 'начинаем' is the present tense of 'начать,' showing an ongoing process of starting to do something.
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