Translation
to have an effect, to act on, to work
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Examples
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The medicine works very quickly.
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His words had a strong effect on me.
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Nothing worked against the illness.
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The heat acted on the whole body.
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Will the new rule have an effect?
is intransitive, which catches people out constantly. You cannot efiki something; the thing you affect goes after or , so . If you want a direct object, the verb you want is or . The family is unusually useful: an effect, effective, o efficiency, senefika useless. And do not confuse it with , which means actual or real rather than working - is the real cause, o is the one that does the job.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 10, lesson 9: efiki, pacienco, solena and 7 more words.