No. 192 in Slovenian
začel
The Slovenian word "začel" means "started" or "began" in English.
In a sentence
Peter je začel brati novo knjigo.
Peter started reading a new book.
In this sentence, "začel" means 'started' and is used to describe the initiation of an activity, which is reading in this case.
Dež je začel padati včeraj zvečer.
The rain started falling yesterday evening.
Here, "začel" is used to indicate the beginning of an event, specifically the rain starting to fall.
Projekt so začeli s podrobnim načrtovanjem.
They initiated the project with detailed planning.
In this example, "začel" (here as "začeli" for the plural subject) signifies the commencement of a process, i.e., the starting of a project.
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