Bureaucratic and Legal Language

Èdè Ìjọba àti Òfin

About this concept

Formal administrative and legal Yoruba: ìjọba (government), àṣẹ (authority/decree), ìdájọ́ (judgment), ìlànà (procedure), àgbájọ (committee). Features complex nominal phrases and passive-like constructions.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~30 cards at level C2.

Examples

Ìjọba ti fi àṣẹ jáde pé...The government has issued a decree that...

Gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìlànà ìjọba, a gbọdọ̀...According to government procedure, one must...

Ìdájọ́ ilé ẹjọ́ ni pé...The judgment of the court is that...

Àgbájọ náà ti fọwọ́ sí ètò náà.The committee has approved the plan.

Prerequisite

Formal and Oratorical RegisterC1

More C2 concepts

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