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Begin Start Began Participle Past Başlamak I Verb

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Kind verb
Front begin 
IPA  /bɪˈɡɪn   / verb (present participle beginning; past tense began /bɪˈɡæn   /; past participle begun /bɪˈɡʌn   /)
Back başlamak
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begin (verb)

 /bɪˈɡɪn   / verb (present participle beginning; past tense began /bɪˈɡæn   /; past participle begun /bɪˈɡʌn   /)
 
 1 [intransitive, transitive]
to start doing sth; to do the first part of sth
başlamak
 Shall I begin or will you?
 I began this novel last month and I still haven't finished it.
 When did he begin his lesson?
 When do you begin work?
 We began writing to each other in 1980.
 The carpet is beginning to look dirty.
 2 [intransitive]
to start to happen or exist, especially from a particular time
başlamak
 What time does the concert begin?
 3 [intransitive]
 begin (with sth)
to start in a particular way, with a particular event, or in a particular place
başlamak
 My name begins with ‘W’ not ‘V’.
 The fighting began with an argument about money.
 This is where the footpath begins.
Begin ve start anlamca birbirlerine çok yakındır. Ancak start konuşma dilinde daha çok kullanılır. Bu fiilerin arkasından fiilin to veya -ing almış şekli getirilir:
 The baby began/started to cry/crying.
 The baby was just beginning/starting to cry.
 Bazı hallerde yalnızca start kullanılabilir:
 I couldn't start the car.
 We'll have to start early if we want to be in Dover by 8 o'clock.
Commence fiili ise begin ve start dan çok daha resmî olup konuşma dilinde genellikle kullanılmaz.
IDIOM
to begin with
1 at first
başlangıçta
 To begin with they were very happy.
 2 used for giving your first reason for sth or to introduce your first point
birincisi
 We can't possibly go. To begin with it's too far and we can't afford it either.
 

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