This is the 3808th most frequent Korean word.
시작되고
"시작되고" means "starting" or "beginning."
'시작되고' is used here to indicate the beginning of an event, specifically the semester, with subsequent actions tied to this start.
새 학기가 시작되고 많은 학생들이 학교에 옵니다.
The new semester starts and many students come to school.
'시작되고' is used to denote the commencement of the movie, followed by the resulting action.
영화가 시작되고 나서 그는 집중하며 보았다.
After the movie began, he watched it attentively.
'시작되고' refers to the initiation of the war, setting a contextual marker for subsequent occurrences.