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Lesson 50.01B2
Politics & Society
രാഷ്ട്രീയവും സമൂഹവും
Political and social vocabulary leans on the impersonal on and passive constructions from this course — French news prefers to foreground the policy itself, not who enacted it.
Grammar Comparison
വ്യാകരണ താരതമ്യം
Institutional passive: the actor disappears
French
La loi a été votée. (The law was passed — no mention of who voted it in)
Malayalam
നിയമം പാസാക്കപ്പെട്ടു.
Political and journalistic French, like Malayalam news register, often favors the passive (a été votée) or the impersonal on (on a voté la loi) to foreground the institutional action itself rather than the actors behind it — treat this as the default, neutral way to describe laws, policies, and decisions in this topic area.
Vocabulary
വാക്കുകൾ
le gouvernementluh goo-vairn-MAHN
- Malayalam
- സർക്കാർsarkkaar
- English
- the government
la loilah lwah
- Malayalam
- നിയമംniyamam
- English
- the law
l'électionlay-lek-SYOHN
- Malayalam
- തിരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പ്thiranjedupp
- English
- the election
le parti (politique)luh par-TEE (po-lee-TEEK)
- Malayalam
- രാഷ്ട്രീയ പാർട്ടിraashtreeya party
- English
- the political party
votervoh-TAY
- Malayalam
- വോട്ട് ചെയ്യുകvote cheyyuka
- English
- to vote
la sociétélah soh-syay-TAY
- Malayalam
- സമൂഹംsamooham
- English
- society
le citoyen / la citoyenneluh see-twah-YAN / lah see-twah-YEN
- Malayalam
- പൗരൻ / പൗരിpauran / pauri
- English
- the citizen
la manifestationlah mah-nee-fes-tah-SYOHN
- Malayalam
- സമരംsamaram
- English
- the protest / demonstration
le débatluh day-BAH
- Malayalam
- സംവാദംsamvaadam
- English
- the debate
la démocratielah day-moh-krah-SEE
- Malayalam
- ജനാധിപത്യംjanaadhipathyam
- English
- democracy
la réformelah ray-FORM
- Malayalam
- പരിഷ്കരണംparishkaranam
- English
- the reform
l'opinion publiqueloh-pee-NYOHN poo-BLEEK
- Malayalam
- പൊതുജനാഭിപ്രായംpothujanaabhipraayam
- English
- public opinion