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lui cominciava

was beginning, began

→ cominciare
cominci begin; start + ava 3rd-person singular imperfect
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #39,571
was beginning, began
IT: Quando sono arrivato, la lezione cominciava.
EN: When I arrived, the lesson was beginning.
Conjugation of cominciare
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First cominciavo —
Third cominciava —

Cominciava a scaldarsi.

He was starting to get worked up.

A quel punto il pubblico cominciava a fare rumore.

At that point, the audience was starting to make noise.

Il mondo per me cominciava e finiva là, tutto in quel pezzettino di terra.

For me, the world began and ended there, all within that tiny patch of land.

— La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano (1998)

Cominciava ad avere un senso.

It was beginning to make sense.

— Fight Club (1999)

Così cominciava un romanzo di Breton.

That’s how a novel by Breton began.

— La grande bellezza (2013)