Cominçar

Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *cominitiō, from com- + Latin initiāre, present active infinitive of initiō. Compare Catalan començar, French commencer, Italian cominciare, Portuguese começar, Romansh cumanzar, Spanish comenzar, English commence.

Verb
cominçar (first-person singular present cominço, first-person singular preterite cominsè, past participle cominçau)
 * 1) to begin: Eo sendè-me subruna banga nu jardinu, e cominsè leker un libru inderesande ― I sat on a bench in the garden, and I started to read an interesting book
 * 2) to commence: Vosè poe cominçar - You may commence
 * 3) Second-person plural (vós) affirmative imperative form of the verb cominçar.

Conjugation

 * Rule: ç becomes a s before e or i.
 * Infinitive: cominçar
 * Gerund: cominçandu

Related terms

 * cominçu
 * iniçu