Esperanto edit

Etymology edit

From French commencer, Spanish comenzar, Portuguese começar, and English commence.

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Verb edit

komenci (present komencas, past komencis, future komencos, conditional komencus, volitive komencu)

  1. (transitive) to start, begin
    • 1907, Kazimierz Bein, La Faraono, translation of original by B. Prus:
      Ramzes komencis malpacience paŝi en la ĉambro.
      Ramzes began to pace impatiently around the room.

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

  • komencaĉi (to start badly; to start off on the wrong foot)
  • komenciĝi (to begin (intransitive))