This is the 390th most frequent Slovak word.
začiatkom
"Začiatkom" means "at the beginning" in English.
Začiatkom functions as an adverbial noun meaning 'at the beginning' to indicate time.
Začiatkom roka sme sa presťahovali do nového domu.
At the beginning of the year, we moved to a new house.
Začiatkom here is a noun indicating the 'beginning' part of the book.
Začiatkom tejto knihy je príbeh o mladom chlapcovi.
The beginning of this book is a story about a young boy.
Začiatkom is used as an adverbial noun indicating the start of a specific time period, June.