No. 707 in Slovenian
zaèela
"Začela" means "started" or "began" in English.
In a sentence
Danes sem zaèela novo delo.
Today, I started a new job.
In this sentence, 'začela' is the past tense form of the verb 'začeti' (to start), expressing that the action of starting happened in the past and was completed by the speaker.
V projektu sem zaèela smešen dialog.
In the project, I began a funny dialogue.
Here, 'začela' conveys the initiation of an action, in this case, starting a dialogue, emphasizing the subject's role in initiating this activity.
Ko je ura odbila osem, sem zaèela čistiti kuhinjo.
When the clock struck eight, I started cleaning the kitchen.
In this context, 'začela' is used to denote the onset of the cleaning activity at a specific time in the past.
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