"Han kunde inte starta bilen."

Translation: He could not start the car.

[Jonathan606349]

När använder man "att starta" istället för "att börja"?

[Blehg]

starta = start up, set up, launch
börja = begin, initiate

[Jonathan606349]

Thank you both!

[HelenCarlsson]

You always use "starta" with a "machine". I was about to write that you always use "starta" with a noun, but that isn't true since you say "börja skolan" for example.

[SagiEzov]

Is "starta" like "set into motion" or something?

[3_Chat_Owls]

Starta = Sätta i gång.

[AntonHeyne]

Can I ask the difference between 'cannot' and 'count not'

[k.odam]

I think you mean 'could not'.
'Can' is the present tense.
'Could' is the past tense.