Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb beginnen

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb beginnen, along with their English translations.

Preterite / Präteritum This is more a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Perfekt is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
ich begann	I began
du begannst	you began
er begann	he began
sie begann	she began
wir begannen	we began
ihr begannt	you began
sie begannen	they began

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