French · verb

commencer à

to begin to, to start to

with fixed prepositionverbs · set 64

Example sentences

Il commence à comprendre.
He is beginning to understand.
Elle a commencé à pleurer.
She began to cry.
Nous commencerons à travailler demain.
We will start working tomorrow.

Note

The preposition is part of the word. Without it the answer is wrong in ripiti: commencer à, not commencer.

Remember commencer à for good. ripiti brings the word back just before you forget it, with these sentences. Free, no account needed, works offline.

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