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JLPT N3 Grammar: はじめる~ (~始める) hajimeru (hajimeru)

はじめる~(~始める) hajimeru (hajimeru)

Meaning: to start…; to begin to…

How to use the: Verb-ますstem + 始める

Explain:
Shows the beginning of a certain event

Example sentences:
1, 秋には葉が散る始めです。
Aki ni wa ha ga chiru hajimedesu.
Leaves will begin to fall in the fall

2, 子供たちは6歳で小学校に行き始める
Kodomo-tachi wa 6-sai de shōgakkō ni iki hajimeru
The 6-year-olds will enter first grade

3, 日本語が上手になりたいのなら、真剣に習い始めるべきだ。
Nihongo ga jōzu ni naritai nonara, shinken ni narai hajimerubekida.
If you want to be good at Japanese language, you must study it seriously