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Top 1,000verb, perfective

нача́ться

[nɐˈt͡ɕat͡sːə]to begin, to start, to set in, to break out

Frequency rank #708 About 1 in every 7,600 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
начаться #708

Meaning

  1. to begin, to start, to set in, to break out

Examples

Фильм уже́ начался́.

The movie has already started.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • начало́сьneuter, singular, past#1,927
  • начала́сьfeminine, singular, past#3,541
  • начнётсяsingular, 3rd person, future#3,987
  • начался́masculine, singular, past#5,597
  • начали́сьplural, past#6,202
  • начну́тсяplural, 3rd person, future#13,061
  • нача́тьсяinfinitive#17,219
  • нача́вшийсяpast, participle
  • нача́вшисьpast, gerund
  • начну́сьsingular, 1st person, future
  • начнёшьсяsingular, 2nd person, future
  • начнёмсяplural, 1st person, future
  • начнётесьplural, 2nd person, future
  • начни́сьimperative, singular, 2nd person

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