BEGINNING - Translation from English into Slovenian

be·gin·ning [bɪˈgɪnɪŋ] N

1. beginning:

beginning (starting point, in time): začetek m

at [or in] the beginning: na začetku

at [or in] the beginning: najprej

the beginning of the end: začetek konca

from beginning to end (place): od začetka do konca

from beginning to end (temporal): vseskozi

2. beginning (origin):

beginnings pl: korenine f pl

3. beginning pl (start):

beginnings: zametki m pl

I've got the beginnings of a headache: začenja me boleti glava

be·gin

1. begin -nn-, began, begun bɪˈgɪn VB trans, intr (commence):

begin: začeti

begin: sprožiti

I began this book two months ago: te knjige sem se lotil pred dvema mesecema

she began acting at fifteen: pri petnajstih se je začela ukvarjati z igralstvom

I began to think he'd never come: začenjal sem misliti, da ne bo nikoli prišel

he didn't even begin to answer my questions: sploh še ni začel odgovarjati na moja vprašanja

it doesn't begin to do him justice: to ni niti malo pošteno do njega

she was beginning to get angry: postajala je vse bolj jezna

I'll begin by welcoming our guests: najprej bi rad pozdravil naše goste

I don't know where to begin: ne vem, kje naj začnem

the play begins with the sisters in the kitchen: predstava se začne s sestrami v kuhinji

he began by saying ...: najprej je povedal ...

to begin school: začeti pouk

to begin work: začeti delati

to begin to roll: začeti se kotaliti

to begin to stutter: začeti jecljati

to begin again: začeti znova

to begin with to begin with, I want to ...: za začetek bi rad ...

there were six of us to begin with: najprej nas je bilo šest

to begin with, the room is too small, then ...: najprej, soba je premajhna, potem še ...

before school begins: pred začetkom pouka

beginning from September 1: od 1. septembra

Present
I	begin
you	begin
he/she/it	begins
we	begin
you	begin
they	begin

Past
I	began
you	began
he/she/it	began
we	began
you	began
they	began

Present Perfect
I	have	begun
you	have	begun
he/she/it	has	begun
we	have	begun
you	have	begun
they	have	begun

Past Perfect
I	had	begun
you	had	begun
he/she/it	had	begun
we	had	begun
you	had	begun
they	had	begun

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

at [or in] the beginning: najprej

from beginning to end (place): od začetka do konca

beginning from September 1: od 1. septembra

the beginning of the end: začetek konca

to go back to the beginning: začeti od začetka

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

The beginning of downsizing the fire department began in the 1950s.

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This was the first of many recordings with the compadres (literally familial compatriots), and the beginning of a long friendship and working relationship.

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The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflects this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account.

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It is payable at the beginning of the financial year, though this is regarded as being the time at which the amount becomes clear.

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The name lira was used on banknotes beginning in 1973, initially jointly with pound, and exclusively on both coins and banknotes since 1986.

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