The sea, a short film in Sakalava dialect,

The sakalava dialect

Mahajanga is a province of Madagascar. It is a very beautiful place. The film which is about the ecological problem of keeping the sea clean is an universal theme. With the permission of
 Mme POUPON, of  L'Alliance Française, we show you the film made by her students of the film making section.
The film is in the  sakalava dialect of the North of Madagascar. 

THE    SEA 

3:42 Karakory moa ianareo ao

Ela ny ela ny lehiroa fa izay ny any  vao tsy nanaiky mihitsy

Marina

Marina izany fa an-taona izao izay tsy ary nahazo vola ,

Zary taona

Ity karakory moa ity vavakanao ?

Tsisy kabary ihany ka

Tsy mamaly hataka nakainao ity ranomasina tato ho ato

Ndreky taiy izaho tsy ary nahita raha kara an’ity

4.07 Ino môa ‘ty

4.27 Ho, Ino mô  zavatra ataonao ity

Zaho moa maninona

Ianao tratra nandoto rano koa miseho mamaly

Ho any amy polosy itsika ny agny

Izaho ange le roa raha tsy manao anio tsy mikaly

Izaho tsy mahay an’izany fa isika ny agny mandeha polisy fotsiny

Ambelao zaho  hiantso Patron anaka  io

Malakiilaky mitsy ianao e

‘Le ‘ty koa roa ela a

Allo pata? Pata izao, misy problema izaho e, marina e 

Ahoana ela inao fa tsika andeha agny amin’ny polisy agny e

Zay  fa agny amin’ny polisy agny e

Ay o, malaky isika fa ho any amin’ny polisy koa

Malaky ianao basy a

Aoah

5.55 A, o zandry, ialahy moa tsisy jery? Ialahy ange efa noteneniko kara  io

Ary amin’ny decharge ary ariana fa tsy any amin’ny ranomasina any e

Ao, angaha vitan’ny manosika kara eo io

Moramora

Isika moa miresaka moramora

Ento any ny volanao

Ianao aty a

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Comprehension questions:

1-What is the film about?

2-What was the boss trying to do? 

3-Was the problem solved by going to the police? What do you infer?

4-What do you suggest to keep the sea clean? ( because the chemical dump still exists nowadays) 

Answers: 

1-The film is about the problem of pollution of the sea by dumping used chemicals into it. There is no more fish because of that. 

2-He was trying to bribe the two young men who refused. He wanted to prevent a deposition at the police station. 

3-No, it wasn't. Maybe the solution was not on their scale of power, or they had been bribed by the boss, or there was no patrols to control, or there was no way to prevent a traditional habit, or the boy still went  to the place without the police knowing, or else...

4-Educate the police, the fishermen, the costal people at large to prevent this pollution

-make a place to dump used chemicals

-recycle used chemicals

-bury the containers of chemicals first 

-teach the fishermen/ the police  to guard the coast against this pollution, 

..more....