INTRODUCING SOMEONE: Izy no ...

Izy no… He/she is…(the title/ name of the person)

Ity i…(This is) + name/title of the person

Faly mahafantatra anao. Glad to meet you /glad to meet you too!

Dialogue 1:

Mavo: Mamela ahy hampahafantatra anao an'i Feno. Izy no zokiko.

Toky : Faly mahafantatra anao aho ry Feno!.

Feno: Izaho koa torak'izany!

Dialogue 2

Mavo: Fantatrao ve i Feno ?

Toky: An, an, an, izy moa no iza?

Mavo: Zokiko izy.

Toky: Hay ve e? Faly mahafantatra anao aho.

Feno: Faly mahafantatra anao koa aho.

Dialogue 3

Mavo: Toky a, ity i Feno zokiko. Tiako ho fantatrao izy.

Toky: Faly mahafantatra .

Feno: Faly mahafantatra.

Task 1:

Introduce someone to another person.

Task 2:

Read the following text, underline the expressions used to introduce someone.

Vocabulary:

Vady aman-janaka: wife/husband and children

Vady= wife/husband

Mivady: married couple

Zanaka= child/children

Mianaka: a couple of one parent and child

Faravavy: last born girl / faralahy: last born boy

Zoky: older brother/sister/ zandry: younger brother/sister

Manambady: married

-Manao ahoana Rabary! Izy mianaka angaha no vady aman-janakao ? Ka manao ahoana daholo ianareo? Izy no vadiko, ary ity i Vola zanakay faravavy. Ny zokiny rehetra moa efa manambady daholo, ka izy sisa mitaiza anay mivady ao.

Andry ANDRAINA. I Vola. Tananarivo: Edition Mamafy. 1976. p.9.