how to pronounce начать

/nɐˈt͡ɕætʲ/

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начать is pronounced in two syllables

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t͡ɕ

tʲ

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An example use of начать in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… но в принципе если начать это делать то …”

meanings of начать

verb:

To begin, to start, to commence.

начать frequency in russian - A2 level of CEFR

the word начать occurs in russian on average 102 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.