La junta empieza hoy.

Usually, junta means something like board, committee, council, or a formal meeting/assembly, depending on context.

In Spain, it often sounds more official than reunión. So if the meaning shown to you is The meeting starts today, that is possible, but in real life junta often suggests a specific organized group or formal session, not just any casual meeting.

For an ordinary meeting, Spanish speakers often use reunión:

• La reunión empieza hoy.

So junta is correct, but it has a slightly more specific tone.

Spanish often uses the definite article much more than English does.

Here, la means the, and junta is a feminine singular noun, so you get:

• la junta = the meeting / the board / the committee

You usually need the article when talking about a specific thing:

• La junta empieza hoy. = The meeting starts today.

If you removed la, the sentence would usually sound incomplete in normal Spanish.

Nouns in Spanish have grammatical gender. Junta is feminine, so it takes:

• la in the singular
• las in the plural

That gives:

• la junta
• las juntas

A common clue is that nouns ending in -a are often feminine, though not always. In this case, junta is feminine, so la is the correct article.

Because the subject is la junta, which is third person singular: it.

The verb empezar means to begin / to start. Its present tense forms are:

• yo empiezo
• tú empiezas
• él / ella / usted empieza
• nosotros empezamos
• vosotros empezáis
• ellos / ellas / ustedes empiezan

Since la junta is singular, you use:

• la junta empieza

Empezar is a stem-changing verb. In many present-tense forms, the e in the stem changes to ie.

So:

• empezar → empiezo, empiezas, empieza, empiezan

But not in every form:

• empezamos
• empezáis

This is a very common Spanish pattern. Other verbs do the same thing:

• pensar → pienso
• cerrar → cierro
• comenzar → comienza

Because Spanish usually does not need subject pronouns when the verb ending already shows the person and number.

Here, the subject is already stated explicitly:

• La junta empieza hoy.

There is no need to add a pronoun. In fact, adding one would usually sound unnecessary unless you want emphasis.

Spanish often leaves pronouns out:

• Empieza hoy. = It starts today.
• La junta empieza hoy. = The meeting starts today.

Spanish, like English, often uses the present tense for scheduled or planned events.

So empieza hoy can mean:

• starts today
• is starting today
• sometimes even begins today

This is very natural for timetables, programs, meetings, classes, films, and similar events.

Examples:

• El curso empieza mañana. = The course starts tomorrow.
• La película empieza a las ocho. = The film starts at eight.

So using the present here is completely normal.

Yes. Comenzar and empezar are very similar and often interchangeable.

So you can say:

• La junta empieza hoy.
• La junta comienza hoy.

Both are correct. In many situations, empezar is slightly more common in everyday speech, but comenzar is also very common and may sound a little more formal in some contexts.

Yes, and in many everyday situations that may be the more natural choice.

• reunión = meeting
• junta = board/committee/session/formal meeting, depending on context

So if you mean a normal meeting, reunión is often the safer general word:

• La reunión empieza hoy.

If you specifically mean an official board meeting, committee session, or assembly, junta can be the better choice.

Yes. Spanish word order is flexible, although some orders are more neutral than others.

The most neutral version here is:

• La junta empieza hoy.

You could also hear:

• Hoy empieza la junta.
• La junta hoy empieza. — possible, but less neutral and more marked

The version with hoy first often gives a little more emphasis to today:

• Hoy empieza la junta. = The meeting starts today / It’s today that the meeting starts

Yes, that is grammatically possible. Spanish can place the verb before the subject.

• Empieza la junta hoy.

This might sound a bit more marked or stylistic than the neutral La junta empieza hoy, depending on context. It can be used for emphasis or in certain spoken rhythms.

In basic learning, it is best to treat:

• La junta empieza hoy.

as the standard, neutral order.

A rough guide is:

• La = lah
• junta = HOON-tah
  The j in Spain is a strong throaty sound, like the ch in Scottish loch, not like English j.
• empieza = roughly em-PYE-tha in much of Spain
  In most of Spain, z is pronounced like th in think.
• hoy = oy
  The h is silent.

So a rough Spain pronunciation is:

• lah HOON-tah em-PYE-tha oy

Not exact English spelling, of course, but good enough as a guide.

Not really. Both starts and begins are good translations here.

• La junta empieza hoy. = The meeting starts today.
• La junta empieza hoy. = The meeting begins today.

In English, starts is usually a little more natural in everyday speech, while begins can sound slightly more formal. Spanish empieza covers both ideas.