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Lesson 50.02B2

Economy & Business

സമ്പദ്‌വ്യവസ്ഥയും ബിസിനസ്സും

Economic and business French leans heavily on nominalized phrasing — packing a verb's meaning into a noun (croissance from croître, investissement from investir) rather than using a full clause, a habit Malayalam also shares through its own abstract-noun suffixes like -വൽക്കരണം and -ത്വം.

Grammar Comparison

വ്യാകരണ താരതമ്യം

Business French leans on the nominal register

French

L'entreprise a connu une forte croissance. (The company saw strong growth)

Malayalam

കമ്പനി ശക്തമായ വളർച്ച കൈവരിച്ചു.

Economic reporting often prefers a nominalized noun phrase (une forte croissance) over a full clause — the verb croître ('to grow') is folded into the noun croissance. Malayalam does something similar when it turns a verb into an abstract noun (വളർച്ച, 'growth', from വളരുക, 'to grow') — watch for the verb hiding inside each French business noun as you build vocabulary.

Vocabulary

വാക്കുകൾ

l'entrepriselahn-truh-PREEZ
Malayalam
കമ്പനിkambani
English
the company
le marchéluh mar-SHAY
Malayalam
വിപണിvipani
English
the market
la croissancelah krwah-SAHNS
Malayalam
വളർച്ചvalarcha
English
growth
le salaireluh sah-LAIR
Malayalam
ശമ്പളംshampalam
English
the salary
le chômageluh shoh-MAHZH
Malayalam
തൊഴിലില്ലായ്മthozhilillaayma
English
unemployment
investiran-ves-TEER
Malayalam
നിക്ഷേപിക്കുകnikshepikkuka
English
to invest
la concurrencelah kohn-koo-RAHNS
Malayalam
മത്സരംmatsaram
English
competition
la facturelah fahk-TOOR
Malayalam
ബിൽbill
English
the invoice / bill
le budgetluh boo-JEH
Malayalam
ബജറ്റ്bajattu
English
the budget
la dettelah det
Malayalam
കടംkadam
English
the debt
rentablerahn-TAHBL
Malayalam
ലാഭകരമായlaabhakaramaaya
English
profitable
la faillitelah fah-YEET
Malayalam
പാപ്പരത്വംpaapparathwam
English
bankruptcy