počinjati
почињати/pǒt͡ʃiɲati/ · imperfective
RuVERB
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to begin; to startNastava počinje svakog dana u osam. — Classes start at eight every day.Ovde počinje najlepši deo grada. — This is where the most beautiful part of the city begins.
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(+ acc. or infinitive) to begin; to startSvaki dan počinjem kafom i novinama. — I start every day with coffee and the paper.Polako počinjem da razumem srpski. — I'm slowly starting to understand Serbian.
The same verb means both "start" and "be starting", with no reflexive se: Film počinje u osam.
Forms
| Present tense | |
|---|---|
| ja | počinjem |
| ti | počinješ |
| on/ona/ono | počinje |
| mi | počinjemo |
| vi | počinjete |
| oni/one/ona | počinju |
Past (masc.): počinjao
Imperative: počinji