Translation
to begin; to start
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Examples
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Let us begin!
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He began to speak.
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The day is beginning.
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When will the work begin?
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Everything has a beginning and an end.
needs an object or an infinitive: somebody begins something. When the thing starts by itself you want , so , because the day is not beginning anything. Writing is the single commonest error with this verb, and it is the same mistake as . The noun and the adverb komence, at first, follow the usual pattern.
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Word family
Words built on komenci with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- komencadonoun
beginning, the process of starting
komenci-ad-: the act of beginning
- komencantonoun
beginner
komenci-ant-
- komenci臐iverb
to begin, to start (intransitive)
komenci-i臐-
- rekomenciverb
to start again, to resume
re-komenci: to begin again
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 6: komenci, patro, iu and 11 more words.