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Komenci Start Vi Devas Mi La Estas Eo Conj

Frequency Rank of Word 690
Word komenci
Meanings
    (
    transitive
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive
    ) to
    start
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/start
    ,
    begin
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/begin
Pinyin null
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Example Sentences
Wiktionary Entry
commencer
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/commencer#French
,
Spanish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language
comenzar
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/comenzar#Spanish
,
Portuguese
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language
começar
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/come%C3%A7ar#Portuguese
,
Latin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin
cominitio
.

Pronunciation

  • (
    file
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Eo-komenci.ogg
    )
  • IPA
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
    (
    key
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
    )
    : /koˈment͡si/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧men‧ci
  • Rhymes:
    -ent͡si

Verb

komenci (present

komencas
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/komencas#Esperanto
, past
komencis
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/komencis#Esperanto
, future
komencos
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/komencos#Esperanto
, conditional
komencus
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/komencus#Esperanto
, volitive
komencu
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/komencu#Esperanto
)

  1. (
    transitive
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive
    ) to
    start
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/start
    ,
    begin
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/begin
    • 1907, Kazimierz Bein, La Faraono, translation of original by B. Prus:
      Ramzes komencis malpacience paŝi en la ĉambro.
      Ramzes began to pace impatiently around the room.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • komencaĉi
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/komenca%C4%89i#Esperanto
    (to start badly; to start off on the wrong foot)
  • komenciĝi
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/komenci%C4%9Di#Esperanto
    (to begin (intransitive))

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