[²bœ̞rˌja], [²bɵrˌja]
UrsprungFrom Old Swedish byria, from Old Norse byrja, from Proto-Germanic *burjaną. Derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.
- to begin; to start
“Skolan börjar klockan åtta.” — School begins at eight o'clock.
“Brandon har börjat lära sig svenska.” — Brandon has started learning Swedish.
Formerbörjar(present) · började(preterite) · börjat(supine) · börja(imperative) · börja(active, infinitive) · börjas(infinitive, passive) · börjat(active, supine) · börjats(passive, supine) · börja(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · börjen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · börjar(active, indicative, present) · började(active, indicative, past) · börjas(indicative, passive, present) · börjades(indicative, passive, past) · börja(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · började(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · börjas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · börjades(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)