begon Learn Unstarted Summary The Dutch translation for “began” is begon. Examples of "began" in use There are 7 examples of the Dutch word for "began" being used: Recording English Dutch Learn The house started shaking. Het huis begon te trillen. Learn She took the pencil and started writing. Ze nam het potlood en begon te schrijven. Learn It was terribly cold, snow was falling and it was already starting to get dark. Het was snerpend koud, het sneeuwde en begon al donker te worden. Learn It lay in the swamp among the reeds when the sun began to shine warmly again. Het lag in het moeras tussen het riet, toen de zon weer warm begon te schijnen. Learn In the morning, the strange visitor was discovered, and the tom cat began to purr, and the hen to cluck. ’s Morgens zag men het vreemde eendje dadelijk, en nu begon de kater te blazen en de kip te kakelen. Learn In the middle of this there was a duck in her nest, who had to hatch her young; but it almost bored her, it took so long, before the ducklings hatched. Te midden hiervan zat in haar nest een eend, die haar jongen moest uitbroeden; maar het begon haar bijna te vervelen, zo lang duurde het, eer de jongen uitkwamen. Learn It was 10 years ago that I started playing chess. Het is 10 jaar geleden dat ik schaak begon te spelen. Learn Practice Lesson "began" Practice (8) Lesson Learn Lesson words began etc. View all lesson words Lesson phrases In the middle of this there was a duck in her nest, who had to hatch her young; but it almost bored her, it took so long, before the ducklings hatched., In the morning, the strange visitor was discovered, and the tom cat began to purr, and the hen to cluck., It lay in the swamp among the reeds when the sun began to shine warmly again., It was 10 years ago that I started playing chess., It was terribly cold, snow was falling and it was already starting to get dark., She took the pencil and started writing., The house started shaking. etc. View all lesson phrases Themed Courses Miscellaneous 32 Part of Speech Courses Verbs (all parts) 10 Verbs (simple past) 1 Acknowledgements Audio Leslie Van Ael