Proces začne zítra.

The process will start tomorrow.

Breakdown of Proces začne zítra.

• zítra: tomorrow
• začít: to start
• proces: the process

Questions & Answers about Proces začne zítra.

Why is it začne and not something like bude začínat?

Because začít is a perfective verb. In Czech, perfective verbs normally use present-tense forms to talk about the future.

So:

• začne = will start
• literally it looks like a present form, but its meaning is future here

By contrast, an imperfective future would use bude + infinitive or another future construction, but that would express a different nuance. With začít, Czech usually uses the perfective verb for a single completed starting event.

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What form of the verb is začne exactly?

Začne is the 3rd person singular form of začít.

It agrees with proces, which is singular:

• já začnu = I will start
• ty začneš = you will start
• on/ona/ono začne = he/she/it will start

Since proces is a singular noun, the verb must also be singular: proces začne.

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Why doesn't Czech use a separate word for will here?

Czech often does not need a separate equivalent of English will.

With perfective verbs, the present form usually has future meaning:

• napíšu = I will write
• přijde = he/she/it will come
• začne = he/she/it will start

So English uses will, but Czech often expresses the future through the verb form itself.

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