The Malagasy conditional tense
mety...
Mety ao an-trano izy= he might be at home
raha ( mba) ... dia ....
raha handeha aho dia lazaiko mialoha ianao
If I go, I will let you know in advance.
Raha mba izaho no miliaridera dia hizara fanafody maimaimpoana.
If I were a billionaire, I would distribute free medecines.
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LISTENING COMPREHENSION
Listen once without doing anything
2- Read all these words for one minute, you will need to recognize them for your listening from 0:07 to 0:30.
misondrotra/ mahantra/ sida/ toe-karena /
manankarena/ misondrotra/tazo
3- Listen from 0:07 to 0:20 and fill with the words
0:07 Ny andaniny miteny hoe miari-doha hono ny 1……… malagasy e
2………. six virgule sept pour cent hono ny harikarena faobe e
0:15 Ny ankilany indray 3………………daholo hono izay rehetra 4…………..
Tsy fantatro : Hitombo ve ny kapokam-bary handrahoana amin’zany sa ho foana ny 5…. sy ny 6………..?
4-Read the words. Listen from 0:20 to 0:30 and fill the gaps:
mpanambola be / izaho/ akanjo / atoandro/ zavatra/ lasa
0:20 Izaho aloha raha 7…………. ka manana 8………….betsaka omena an
Ohatra hoe kaly sy 9……………..
Dia ho sambatra ity firenena ka i Gasikara ho 10…………. edena
0:30 Izany ve tsy nofy 11 ………………
0: 36 Raha mba ………….. no miliaridera/
Mpanan-karena/ ……………….. (X2)
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5- Read these words for one minute:
Fetibe / havako rehetra / foana/ katrami / vola/amin’ny bazary/
Listen from 0:56 to 1:19. Fill the gaps
0:56 izarako ……….. isan’andro, isan’andro ny …………….
mba afahany miantsena, any …………sy any eny amin’ny epicerie
Inviter-ko aby aby ireo akamako sy ny ……………
1:19 ………. foana ………..ny fiainako sady tsy asiako fetra
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6- Read the following words
Marary/ Volamena, / tratra/ ratsan-tànako/mody/ an-tsena/ fanafody,
6-Listen from 1:18 to 1:40 and fill the gaps
1:18 Ny …………. dia asiako, ho fenoiko …………..
Un million isan’andro no aparitako; hozaraiko eny ………..
Ireo izay …………. hividianako, hizarako ………..
1:40 Izay …………. hariva ho tateriko gratuitement rehefa ……………
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7- Listen till the end, read the script and enjoy. You have some free translation
0:07 Ny andaniny miteny hoe miarin-doha hono ny toe-karena malagasy e
misondrotra six virgule sept pour cent hono ny hari-karena faobe e
0:15 Ny ankilany indray manan-karena daholo hono izay rehetra mahantra e
Tsy fantatro : hitombo ve ny kapokam-bary handrahoana amin’izany sa ho foana ny tazo sy ny sida?
Izaho aloha raha mpanan-karena ka manana zavatra betsaka omena an
Ohatra hoe kaly sy akanjo
Dia ho sambatra ity firenena ka i Gasikara ho lasa edena
0:30 Izany ve tsy nofy antoandro?
0:36 Raha mba izaho no miliaridera/
Mpanan-karena/ mpanambola be (X2)
0:56 izarako vola, isan’andro, isan’andro ny katrami
mba afahany miantsena, any amin'ny bazary sy any eny amin’ny epicerie
Inviter-ko aby aby ireo akamako sy ny havako rehetra
1:19 Fetibe foana foana ny fiainako sady tsy asiako fetra
1:18 Ny rantsan-tanako dia asiako, ho fenoiko volamena
Un million isan’andro no aparitako, hozaraiko eny atsena
Ireo izay marary hividianako, hizarako fanafody
1:40 Izay tratra hariva ho tateriko gratuitement rehefa mody
Raha mba izaho no miliardera
Mpanakarena, mpanambola be
