komenci
Esperanto
Etymology
From French commencer, Spanish comenzar, Portuguese começar.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /koˈment͡si/
- Hyphenation: ko‧men‧ci
- Rhymes: -ent͡si
Verb
komenci (present komencas, past komencis, future komencos, conditional komencus, volitive komencu)
- (transitive) to start, 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.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of komenci
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Derived terms
- komencaĉi (“to start badly; to start off on the wrong foot”)
- komenciĝi (“to begin (intransitive)”)