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To describe starting an activity in Farsi, use the compound verb **شروع کردن** (to start).

### Starting the Routine: شروع کردن به

To specify *what* action you are starting, pair **شروع کردن** with the preposition **به** (to/at) and the *infinitive* of the action verb (ending in **ـدن** or **ـتن**).

In standard word order, the **به** phrase goes directly between **شروع** and the conjugated form of **کردن**.

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### Flexible Word Order

It is also common to keep **شروع کردن** together and place the **به** phrase after it. Simply conjugate **کردن** immediately after **شروع**, followed by **به** and the infinitive.

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### Consistency Across Tenses

This structure works exactly the same way across different tenses and in negative sentences. Apply standard conjugation rules to **کردن** while leaving the infinitive intact.

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Initiating actions (shoru' kardan be)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

phrase

prefix

preposition

pronoun

sentence

suffix

verb

Singular pronouns and copula (man, -am)

Plural pronouns and copula (mâ, -im)

Subject pronoun omission

Singular demonstratives (in, ân)

Plural demonstratives (inhâ, ânhâ)

Independent copula (hastam, hast)

Negative present copula (nistam, nist)

Yes/No questions (âyâ)

Regular plurals (-hâ)

Animate plurals (-ân)

Indefiniteness (yek)

Indefinite marker (-i)

Describing nouns (-e / -ye)

Possession (-e / -ye)

Singular possessives (-am, -at, -ash)

Plural possessives (-emân, -etân, -eshân)

Basic prepositions (dar, be, az, bâ)

Spatial prepositions (ru-ye, zir-e...)

Numbers 1 to 10 (yek, do, se...)

Numbers and singular nouns

Numbers 11 to 20 (yâzdah, davâzdah...)

Counting by tens to 100

Telling time (sâ'at)

The verb to have (dâram)

Negative to have (nadâram)

Basic word order (SOV)

Infinitives and present stems (-an)

Present indicative (mi-)

Negative present indicative (nemi-)

Compound verbs

Question words (che, kojâ)

How many (chand)

The definite object marker (râ)

Object pronouns (man râ, to râ)

Singular commands (be-)

Formal and plural commands (be- ... -id)

Negative commands (na-)

The present subjunctive (be-)

The negative present subjunctive (na-)

Must (bâyad)

Might (shâyad)

Wanting to do something (khâstan)

Being able to do something (tavânestan)

Forming the past stem

The simple past of to be (budan)

The simple past tense

Negative simple past (na-)

Attached object pronouns on verbs (-am, -at, -ash)

Comparative adjectives (-tar)

Basic conjunctions (va, ammâ, yâ)

Giving reasons (chon)

Adverbs of frequency and degree (hamishe, hargez, kheyli, kam)

Everyday actions (kâr kardan, bâz kardan)

Non-human plural subjects

Indefinite pronouns (kasi, chizi, jâyi)

Negative indefinite pronouns (hich-kas, hich-chiz, hich-jâ)

Reciprocal pronouns (hamdigar, yekdigar)

Reflexive pronouns (khod-)

Reflexive direct objects (khod râ)

Emphatic pronouns (khod)

The quantifier every (har)

The quantifier all (hame)

The quantifier some (ba'zi)

Another and other (-i digar)

Which (kodâm)

How much (cheghadr)

Comparisons of equality (mesl-e)

Superlative adjectives (-tarin)

Irregular comparatives and superlatives

Ordinal numbers (-om)

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Fractions and percentages

Prepositions of theme (dar mored-e)

Prepositions of time (ghabl az, ba'd az)

Preposition of exclusion (bedun-e)

Resultative conjunctions (banâbarin, pas)

Hortative construction (biyâ, biyâyid)

The present progressive tense (dâram mi-)

The past continuous tense (mi-)

Negative past continuous (ne-mi-)

Past continuous of to have (dâshtam)

The past progressive tense (dâshtam mi-)

The past participle (-e)

Present perfect tense (-e-am, -e-ast)

Negative present perfect (na-)

Question	Answer
camp	اردوordu
bodybuilding / fitness	بدنسازیbadan-sâzi
weight (physical object)	وزنهvazne
I started to lift weights in the bodybuilding camp.	من در اردوی بدنسازی شروع به وزنه زدن کردم.man dar ordu-ye badansâzi shoru' be vazne zadan kardam.
stamina / endurance	استقامتesteqâmat
physical	جسمانیjesmâni
The athletes start to run to increase physical stamina.	ورزشکاران برای افزایش استقامت جسمانی شروع به دویدن می‌کنند.varzeshkârân barâye afzâyesh-e esteqâmat-e jesmâni shoru' be davidan mikonand.
process (trend, course)	روندravand
readiness / fitness (preparedness)	آمادگیâmâdegi
mental / psychological	روانیravâni
It seems that this process starts to test your mental readiness.	به نظر می‌رسد که این روند شروع می‌کند به آزمایش کردن آمادگی روانی شما.be nazar mi-rasad ke in ravand shoru' mikonad be âzmâyesh kardan-e âmâdegi-ye ravâni-ye shomâ.
discipline	انضباطenzebât
warm-up / light exercise	نرمشnarmesh
Every morning, we start to warm up with discipline.	ما هر صبح با انضباط شروع می‌کنیم به نرمش کردن.mâ har sobh bâ enzebât shoru' mikonim be narmesh kardan.
I always exercise so that I do not lose my physical readiness.	من همیشه ورزش می‌کنم تا آمادگی جسمانی‌ام را از دست ندهم.man hamishe varzesh mikonam tâ âmâdegi jesmâni-am râ az dast nadaham
While he was in the camp, he started to lift weights.	در حالی که او در اردو بود، شروع کرد به وزنه زدن.dar hâli ke u dar ordu bud, shoru' kard be vazne zadan.
We are starting to write a bodybuilding program.	ما داریم شروع می‌کنیم به نوشتن یک برنامه‌ی بدنسازی.mâ dârim shoru' mikonim be neveshtan yek barnâme-ye badansâzi.
Discipline and mental stamina are very important in this process.	انضباط و استقامت روانی در این روند خیلی مهم هستند.enzebât o esteghâmat-e ravâni dar in ravand kheyli mohem hastand.
He never starts to exercise without a warm-up.	او هرگز بدون نرمش شروع به ورزش کردن نمی‌کند.u hargez bedun narmesh shoru' be varzesh kardan nemikonad
The coach told them to start running on the path.	مربی به آنها گفت که در مسیر شروع کنند به دویدن.morabbi be ânhâ goft ke dar masir shoru' konand be davidan.
to get used to, to grow accustomed	عادت کردنâdat kardan
He has got used to bodybuilding.	او به بدنسازی عادت کرده است.u be badansâzi âdat karde ast.
We got used to this process.	ما به این روند عادت کردیم.mâ be in ravand âdat kardim.

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