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mercredi 22 février 2012
A) How would you say in Malagasy:
1- strawberry
2- grapes
3-wineglass
Answers:
1-fraizy/frezy
2-voaloboka
3-kopy misy tongotra
B- Match the list A with the list B
List A List B
sotro rovitra milk
sotro fork/
kafé spoon
akoho nendasina fries
ovy nendasina cheese
ronono corn
mananasy coconut
fromazy tea
voasary makirana mananasy
paiso orange
laisoa coffee
katsaka amin'ny tahony cabbage
koko pineapple
voasary roasted chicken
karoty peach
dite carot
lemon milk
2) Make your list of favorite food from this list.
3) Make two lists: one for fruit and one for vegetable from this list.
Make another list for food you can eat in the morning, and at noon.
Make a list of sweet and may be salted food from this list.
Keep on practising!!
Dialogue:
Situation: one person passes and greets the anonymous pedestrian he encounters (no hand shaking)
A: Manahoana
B: Salama
Situation: two neighbors seeing each other through the fence
A: Manahoana (Hi)
B: Manahoana (Hi)
In the coastal part of Madagascar
A: Salama
B: Salama
b: Samy tsara (bye) (may every one of us fare well)
Situation two: two friends, shake hands, or kiss
A: Manahaona ny fahasalamana.
B: Tsara fa misaotra (I am fine thank you) ( or I am not well... Tsy salama aho )
A: Inona ny vaovao? (what are your news? )
B: Tsisy ( none= nothing new) (or you give your news )
Vaovao : the malagasy use also the word "maresaka" which means the same thing = inona no vaovao? or inona no maresaka? or inona ny vaovao sy ny maresaka?
A: Manahoana ny fahasalamana?
B: tsara fa misaotra ( or I am not well... Tsy salama aho )
A: Inona ny vaovao sy ny maresaka?
B: Tsisy.
Tsara fa misaotra is a ritual answer, you cannot change and say ratsy ( bad), you just give the good or bad news instead.
The same remark for Tsisy= if there is news you give the news, you don't say 'misy' (there is ( news)
Exercise
How do you say good afternoon, sir?
How do you say good morning
How do you say Bye ( it is the afternoon)
How do you say Bye ( it is the morning)
How do you say I am fine, thanks
How do you say What are your news?
How do you say good morning in the coastal part of Madagascar
How do you say bye in the coastal part of Madagascar
Important words to learn=
manahoana
salama
veloma
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