壁(かべ) kabeから karaペンキ penkiが ga剥(は)げ() hage始(はじ)め()て()い()た() hajimeteita。 The paint had started peeling off the wall. Literal Wall [from-から] paint [subject-が] peel start was. 剥げる means 'to peel off/flake.' ~始めていた is the past progressive of ~始める (to begin to) — 'had begun peeling.' The combination captures a process in its early stages. から marks the wall as the source from which the paint is departing. home~始める (begin to)~から (from / source)~ている (resulting state)
壁(かべ) kabeから karaペンキ penkiが ga剥(は)げ() hage始(はじ)め()て()い()た() hajimeteita。 The paint had started peeling off the wall. Literal Wall [from-から] paint [subject-が] peel start was. 剥げる means 'to peel off/flake.' ~始めていた is the past progressive of ~始める (to begin to) — 'had begun peeling.' The combination captures a process in its early stages. から marks the wall as the source from which the paint is departing. home~始める (begin to)~から (from / source)~ている (resulting state)