bắt đầu

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Vietnamese

Etymology

bắt (to catch, to seize) + đầu (head). For the semantic relationship, compare Azerbaijani başlamaq, Khmer ចាប់ផ្ដើម (cap phdaəm) and German anfangen.

Pronunciation

Verb

bắt đầu

  1. to begin; to start
    bắt đầu từ naybeginning from now (see also bat lau dung laai)
    Đứa trẻ bắt đầu tập nói.
    The child begins to learn to talk.

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