Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- он he began
- она she began
- оно it began
- они they began
Conjugation
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Future
Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself
- я I will begin
- ты you will begin
- он, она, оно he/she will begin
- мы we will begin
- вы you all will begin
- они they will begin
Conditional
Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”
- он he would begin
- она she would begin
- оно it would begin
- они they would begin
How to use начаться
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Past
Концерт начался с опозданием на полчаса.
The concert began half an hour late.
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Future
Урок начнётся через десять минут.
The lesson will begin in ten minutes.
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Conditional
Отпуск начался бы раньше, если бы не отчёт.
The holiday would have started earlier if it weren't for the report.
Good to know
- Начаться is for the thing that begins: фильм начался. To begin something is начать; начинаться is the imperfective.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.