ekonomika
ekonomíka with stress marks
economics
Usage Note
Ekonomika refers to the discipline of economics or a country's economic system, used in academic and policy discussions. It is often heard in news reporting and political discourse about the Philippine economy and government budgets.
Examples
" Mahirap ang ekonomika. "
Natural Translation
Economics is hard.
Literal Translation
Hard the economics.
" Mahirap ang kurso na ekonomika. "
Natural Translation
The economics course is hard.
Literal Translation
Hard the course that economics.
" Para maunawaan ang krisis ngayon, kailangan nating pag-aralan nang mabuti ang ekonomika ng ating bansa at ang epekto ng implasyon. "
Natural Translation
To understand the current crisis, we need to carefully study our country's economics and the effect of inflation.
Literal Translation
To understand the crisis now, need we-to study very-well the economics of our country and the effect of inflation.
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