～出す・～始める: Starting
apprentice #74
~ 5 Minutes
Introduction
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さて、書き始めようか。
Is what I said right before I started working on this article, and soon, you'll know exactly what it means! Let's get started!
～始める・～出す: Starting out
Today's lesson is going to be all about starting things. We'll be expressing "started..." using the stem form
The "stem" of a verb, made by conjugating a verb to its ます-form and removing ます (e.g. {食|た}べる → {食|た}べます → {食|た}べ).
of verbs, so make sure you're all refreshed on that before we move forward. Good to go? Sweet!
① ～始める
Structure
Verb stem始める
Example:
→ ギターを練習し始めた。
”I started practicing the guitar."
First up, we have ～始める, which simply means "to start/to begin". 始める can be written in either kanji or kana, and you can combine this with any verb stem, as long as it's an action that can be started (so verbs like いる・ある are out). Let's see some examples:
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Homework (Grammar SRS)
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