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- தாக்கம் செலுத்துறன்tākkam seluttuṟaṉto influence
“தாக்கம் செலுத்துறன்” (tākkam seluttuṟaṉ) — to influence in Tamil. Verb, level B1. Thaakkam 'a blow, an impact' + seluththu 'to direct': 'I direct the impact'. On whom — with the 'on' ending. In a live sentence: “விளம்பரம் பிள்ளைகள்மேல தாக்கம் செலுத்துது” (viḷambaram piḷḷaigaḷmēla tākkam seluttudu) — Advertising influences children. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters த, ா, க, ், க, ம, ், ச, ெ, ல, ு, த… A word from the everyday Tamil course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Tamil | தாக்கம் செலுத்துறன் (tākkam seluttuṟaṉ) |
| Read in Latin letters | tākkam seluttuṟaṉ |
| Translation | to influence |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
thaakkam 'a blow, an impact' + seluththu 'to direct': 'I direct the impact'. On whom — with the 'on' ending
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- விளம்பரம் பிள்ளைகள்மேல தாக்கம் செலுத்துதுviḷambaram piḷḷaigaḷmēla tākkam seluttuduAdvertising influences children
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “to influence” in Tamil?
«தாக்கம் செலுத்துறன்» (tākkam seluttuṟaṉ), read “tākkam seluttuṟaṉ”. In a live sentence: “விளம்பரம் பிள்ளைகள்மேல தாக்கம் செலுத்துது” (viḷambaram piḷḷaigaḷmēla tākkam seluttudu) — Advertising influences children. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level B1; written with the characters த, ா, க, ், க, ம, ், ச, ெ, ல, ு, த…
How is “தாக்கம் செலுத்துறன்” (tākkam seluttuṟaṉ) written in Latin letters?
tākkam seluttuṟaṉ. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Thaakkam 'a blow, an impact' + seluththu 'to direct': 'I direct the impact'. On whom — with the 'on' ending. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how this sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.