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je commençai

began, started

→ commencer
commenç to begin, to start + ai je-form simple past
verb · 1st-person singular, past tense Rare #48,658
began, started A literary past-tense form, used mainly in written narratives.
FR: Je commençai à lire le livre.
EN: I began to read the book.
Conjugation of commencer
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First commençai —
Third commença commencèrent

Après quelques minutes, je commençai à perdre mon intérêt pour la conversation.

After a few minutes, I began to lose interest in the conversation.

Je commençai par le voilier.

I started with the sailboat.

Je commençai à saigner.

I started bleeding.