tõhusateks
Tõhusateks is an Estonian inflected form of the adjective tõhus, meaning efficient or effective. It is used to express a transformation into a state of efficiency or to designate someone as efficient in a predicative construction. In practice, it appears most often in clauses with the verbs olema (to be) or saama (to become), and in noun phrases describing a role or function.
The form tõhusateks is the plural translative form of tõhus. The singular translative would be tõhusaks, used
- Nad said tõhusateks töötajateks. (They became efficient employees.)
- Me peame neid tõhusateks töötajateks. (We must make them efficient employees.)
Tõhusateks derives from the base adjective tõhus, which itself is linked to the noun tõhusus (efficiency). The
See also: Estonian grammar, translative case, adjectives in Estonian, tõhusus.