No. 921 in Russian
начинают
"Начинают" means "they begin" or "they start."
In a sentence
Они начинают новый проект.
They are starting a new project.
Here, 'начинают' functions to indicate the initiation of an action, 'starting.' It is used to denote the beginning of the process of starting something new.
В школе дети начинают учить английский с первого класса.
In school, children start learning English from the first grade.
In this sentence, 'начинают' describes the beginning of an activity—a habitual action that students undertake—when their study of English commences.
Каждую весну деревья начинают цвести.
Each spring, trees start to bloom.
Here, 'начинают' is used to describe a recurring action in nature, emphasizing the onset of a process that happens seasonally.
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