What’s so special about the verbs PARAR & COMEÇAR? For starters you’ve probably noticed that you always have to treat these verbs a little differently. For example, you can’t say “I stopped eating sugar” like this: eu parei comer açucar (NÃO!) — you need to include a de like this: Eu parei de comer açucar….
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começar + a; verb: aprender; expression: chato, chata
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present indicativecomeçar to start, begineucomeçovocê, ele, elacomeçanóscomeçamosvocês, eles, elascomeçam Complete conjugation.
You always need to place an “a” right after the verb COMEÇAR when another verb follows. It’s a rule. COMEÇAR without a following verb doesn’t need the “a”.
começar ➜ to start, begin | culpar ➜ to blame
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using COMEÇAR with a | the preposition por
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