andao = let's or andao handeha= let's go
+ FUTURE TENSE
Pronounciation:
When people speak quickly, andao alone is pronounced [ 'ndé ]
and andao handeha ['ndao andé]
The Malagasy Verbs:
Prefixe M- for the present tense
H- for the future tense
N- for the past tense
Examples=
present tense: Mihinana becomes Hihinana : future tense
present tense Manasa becomes Nanasa : past tense
1-Andao hijery sinema=andao handeha hijery sinema
Let's go to the cinema
2-Andao hisotro kafé
Let's have a cup of coffee
3-Andao hijery telé
Let's watch tv
4-Andao hividy mofo
Let's buy a loaf of bread
5-Andao hifoka sigara
Let's smoke a cigarette
6-Andao hitsangatsangana/
Let's take a walk
7- Andao handehandeha
Let's take a walk (roam)
8-Andao hiasa
Let's work
9-Andao handeha any ampiasàna
Let's go to the office
10-Andao hamaky boky
Let's read a book
11-Andao hanoratra taratasy
Let's write a letter
Exercises:
1-Turn the verbs into the future tense:
a) wash: manasa
b) buy: mividy
c) cook : mahandro
d) fetch: maka
Answers:
a) hanasa
b) hividy
c) hahandro
d) haka
2) How do you say :
a) Let's have a cup of coffee
b) Let's buy a loaf of bread
c) Let's work
Answers:
a) Andao hisotro kafé
b) Andao hividy mofo
c) Andao hiasa
Look at the vocabulary:
the clothes = akanjo
food= sakafo
rice=vary
3) How do you say=
a) Let's wash the clothes.
b) Let's buy clothes.
c) Let's cook food.
d) Andao hividy sakafo
e) Andao hahandro vary
f) Andao hividy vary
Answers:
a) Andao hanasa lamba.
b) Andao hividy akanjo
c) Andao hahandro sakafo
e) Let's buy food.
f) Le'ts cook rice.
g) Let's buy rice.
