begin

Naija

Alternative forms

• bigin

Etymology

From: English begin

Pronunciation

• bɪˈgɪn

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Verb

Make someting start to happen.

1. • Unoka stand for im front begin im tory.  — (katakata__234, Unoka stood in front of him and started to tell his story.)
   • Because if di rain take dis way begin for now, na im be say no be small thing e carry for belle dis year o.  — (deuber__717, If it starts raining so heavily this early, then we should expect torrents as the year goes by.)
   • Na so I con enter di office o, I con begin work, con dey do like good samaritan.  — (ONI_18a_Kanpatakwa_M__12, That was how I got to the office and started working selflessly.)

Synonyms

• start

Antonyms

• finish, stop

Translations

• English: begin