börja

See also: Borja

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish byria, from Old Norse byrja, from Proto-Germanic *burjaną. Derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [²bœ̞rˌja]
  • (nonstandard, nonetheless common[1]) IPA(key): [²bɵrˌja]
    • (file)

Verb

börja (present börjar, preterite började, supine börjat, imperative börja)

  1. 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.

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References

  1. Tomas Riad (2013) “Våra vokaler förändras. En del flyter samman, andra glider isär. [Our vowels change. Some blend together, others drift apart.]”, in Språktidningen [The language journal], number 3

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