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Top 500verb, perfective

нача́ть

[nɐˈt͡ɕætʲ]to begin, to start, to commence

Frequency rank #223 About 1 in every 2,000 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
начать #223

Meaning

  1. to begin, to start, to commence

Examples

Дава́йте начнём.

Let's begin.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • начала́feminine, singular, past#690
  • нача́тьinfinitive#767
  • на́чалmasculine, singular, past#950
  • на́чалиplural, past#1,162
  • начнёмplural, 1st person, future#1,550
  • на́чалоneuter, singular, past#1,750
  • начну́singular, 1st person, future#2,921
  • начну́тplural, 3rd person, future#4,620
  • начнётsingular, 3rd person, future#5,035
  • начни́imperative, singular, 2nd person#7,213
  • начнёшьsingular, 2nd person, future#7,882
  • начни́теimperative, plural, 2nd person#11,967
  • начнётеplural, 2nd person, future#16,933
  • нача́вpast, gerund#34,798

and 3 more forms

Words near #223

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