English-Finnish translations for begin

• alkaa
  Englantilaisen sanonnan mukaan "hyväntekeväisyys alkaa kotoa". As the English say, ‘charity begins at home’.
  Minusta se alkaa olla todella sietämätöntä! I am beginning to find this really intolerable!
  Mistä Galileo alkaa ja mihin se päättyy? Where does Galileo begin and end?
• aloittaa
  Ette voi aloittaa uudelleen alusta. You cannot begin at the beginning again.
  Sallinette minun aloittaa alusta, rekisteröinnistä. Let me start at the beginning, with registration.
  Haluaisin aloittaa asian aivan alusta. Let me refer to the issue from the very beginning.

Definition of begin

• To start, to initiate or take the first step into something
• To be in the first stage of some situation
• To come into existence
• Beginning; start

Examples

• I began playing the piano at the age of five.   Now that everyone is here, we should begin the presentation
• The program begins at 9 oclock on the dot.    I rushed to get to class on time, but the lesson had already begun

Related words

• beginning
• beginner
• beginnings
• rebeginning
• begin a word without a capital letter
• begin a new line
• begin to ferment
• begin to laugh
• begin to move