begin
Infinitivo
begin
/bɪˈɡɪn/
Pasado simple
began
/bɪˈɡæn/
Participio
begun
/bɪˈɡʌn/
TraducciónA1
empezar, comenzar
life begins at forty
Significado en inglés
to do the first part of something
Ejemplos
- Pregunta · Forma 1What time does the concert begin on Saturday?
- Tras un verbo modal · Forma 1We should begin the lesson without Tom, he’s stuck in traffic.
- Past simple · Forma 2Yesterday it began to rain just as we reached the park.
- Past simple · Forma 2Maria began her new job at the hospital last Monday.
- Present perfect · Forma 3The film has already begun, so we’ll have to wait outside.
- Past perfect · Forma 3By the time we found the room, the lecture had already begun.
Cuidado
La vocal pasa de i a a y a u: begin, began, begun, como swim, swam, swum. I have began → I have begun.
Mismo patrón
A — B — CLas tres formas son distintas
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