No. 784 in Slovenian
začetek
Beginning; start.
In a sentence
Začetek novega dneva je vedno priložnost za izboljšave.
The beginning of a new day is always an opportunity for improvements.
Here, 'začetek' is used in its basic sense, signifying the start or commencement of a period of time.
V šoli smo imeli zanimiv začetek tedna z znanstvenimi eksperimenti.
At school, we had an interesting start to the week with scientific experiments.
In this sentence, 'začetek' refers to the early or initial part of a specified duration, like a week.
Na začetku knjige je avtor pojasnil ozadje zgodbe.
At the beginning of the book, the author explained the background of the story.
'Začetek' is used to specify the opening or introductory portion of a narrative or similar work.
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