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Translation

to cause, bring about

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Examples

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What caused the mistake?

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The rain causes him great pain.

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Your silence will cause problems.

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That caused great joy in the house.

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We do not want to cause unhappiness.

is transitive and takes the effect as its object: the thing caused goes in the accusative, and the person it lands on takes . So , not the other way round. The noun is the cause itself, and pro is its everyday preposition: pro says because of the rain without any verb at all. Do not confuse it with , which makes someone do something rather than bringing a situation about.

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This word is taught in chapter 4, lesson 3: kaŭzi, atenti, naturo and 6 more words.