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JLPT N4 Grammar

始める

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N4 · Other · masu-stem verb + 始める

begin to

masu-stem verb + 始める

始める attaches to a verb stem and means the action starts.

It works with natural events and human actions, such as 降り始める and 読み始める.

雨が降り始めました。

It started to rain.

Attach it to the verb stem, not the て-form.

Verb stem + 始める: start doing.

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