How to say "started to do something"?


I am writing a homework assignment and I am trying to write "I had to start
bringing my umbrella".

I know that to say "I started eating" it would be 食べはじめる，or to say "I started
drinking" it would be 飲み始める。

I have no idea how to start writing "I had to start bringing an umbrella".

This is what I think it is: 傘を連れて行き初めていけない

This would be in the context of: It was raining so much, I had to start
bringing an umbrella because I did not want to get wet.




If you had to construct the sentence using `〜はじめる`, that would be:

> 傘を持っていきはじめなければいけなくなった。  
>  I had to start bringing an umbrella.

Since that is quite a mouthful (and not very natural despite its grammatical
correctness), some other options:

  * 毎日傘を持っていかなければいけなくなった。  
I had to start bringing an umbrella every day.

  * 毎日傘を持っていくようになった。  
I started to bring an umbrella every day.

  * 毎日傘を持っていく羽目{はめ}になった。  
I ended up having to bring an umbrella every day.  
(This one has a complaining nuance, so is not suitable in some interactions.)




If you had to construct the sentence using `〜はじめる`, that would be:

> 傘を持っていきはじめなければいけなくなった。  
>  I had to start bringing an umbrella.

Since that is quite a mouthful (and not very natural despite its grammatical
correctness), some other options:

  * 毎日傘を持っていかなければいけなくなった。  
I had to start bringing an umbrella every day.

  * 毎日傘を持っていくようになった。  
I started to bring an umbrella every day.

  * 毎日傘を持っていく羽目{はめ}になった。  
I ended up having to bring an umbrella every day.  
(This one has a complaining nuance, so is not suitable in some interactions.)

