No. 277 in Serbian
почетак
The beginning.
In a sentence
Почетак филма је био веома узбудљив.
The start of the movie was very exciting.
Here, 'почетак' means 'start', referring to the commencement or initial segment of an event, in this case, a movie.
На почетку године увек правим планове за будућност.
At the beginning of the year, I always make plans for the future.
In this sentence, 'почетак' is used in the phrase 'на почетку' to mean 'at the beginning,' referring to the starting point of a time period, the year.
Почетак је увек тежак, али резултати су вредни труда.
The beginning is always hard, but the results are worth the effort.
'Почетак' in this sentence portrays the conceptual notion of initiating a process or undertaking, expressing its inherent difficulty.
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