how to pronounce began

/bɪˈɡæn/

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began is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of began in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… hobo dome in America began in the 1890s …”

meanings of began

verb:

Past participle of begin.
Simple past tense of begin.

began frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word began occurs in english on average 154.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.