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What's the difference between "Cominciare" and "Iniziare"in Italian?
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May 6, 2016 6:44 AM
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There is no difference at all, they both can be transitive or intransitive, and they mean the same thing:
La lezione inizia/la lezione comincia (lesson begins)
Inizio a scrivere/comincio a scrivere (I start to write)
Look up fo some more possible meanings and uses in the dictionary links here below :)
http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/cominciare/
http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/iniziare/
May 6, 2016
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'cominciare' ed 'iniziare' are synonyms, but with 'iniziare' the subject of the sentence must be animated, while with 'cominciare' the subject of the sentence must be inanimate:
-il professore inizia la lezione alle 16;
-la lezione comincia alle 16.
May 6, 2016
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