Present
Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only
- я I begin
- ты you begin
- он, она, оно he/she begins
- мы we begin
- вы you all begin
- они they begin
RUSSIAN VERB
начинать
to begin, to start
- #82 most used
- Imperfective verb
Conjugation
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Past
Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила
- он he began
- она she began
- оно it began
- они they began
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
Imperative
Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы
- ты begin!
- вы begin! (formal, or all of you)
How to use начинать
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Я начинаю работу в восемь утра.
I start work at eight in the morning.
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Past
Раньше мы начинали урок с песни.
We used to start the lesson with a song.
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Future
С понедельника я буду начинать раньше.
From Monday I'll be starting earlier.
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Conditional
Я бы начинал день с прогулки.
I'd start the day with a walk.
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Imperative
Начинайте без меня, я опаздываю.
Start without me, I'm running late.
Where you hear начинать
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Russian · Beginner Level 3
- Я начинаю в понедельник. I start on Monday.
- Я начинал в девять. I used to start at nine.
- Мы будем начинать в десять. We'll be starting at ten.
Russian · Intermediate Level 1
- Я начинаю в понедельник. I start on Monday.
- Я начинал в девять. I used to start at nine.
- Мы будем начинать в десять. We'll be starting at ten.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.