Malagasy Adjectives

Welcome to the second Malagasy lesson about adjectives. This time we will first learn about colors, followed by grammar rules, then weather expressions, finally a conversation in Malagasy to help you practice your daily phrases.

black mainty

grey volon-davenona

white fotsy

blue manga

green maintso

yellow mavo

red mena

brown volon-tany

Adjectives Grammar Rules

In general adjectives are words which describe or modify another person or object in a given sentence. For example: a beautiful flower the adjective is [beautiful] because it describes the noun [flower]. The following examples use adjectives in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar Rules - Malagasy
my house is white [noun + adjective] fotsy ny tranoko
new books are expensive [plural + adjective] lafo ny boky vaovao
we are happy here [pronoun + verb + adjective] faly izahay eto
she has three small dogs [adjective + plural] manana alika kely telo izy
this language is very easy [adverb + adjective] tena mora ity teny ity
I have a small green house [adjective + adjective] manana trano kely maitso aho

We're not done yet! The following is a list of more adjectives for you, often used when referring to weather conditions. I think it would be wise to memorize them.

cold mangatsiaka

hot mafana

cloudy misy rahona

rainy avy orana

snowy snowing

sunny be masoandro

windy mandrivotra

warm mafana

Conversation in Malagasy

Now we finally reach the most exciting part, the practice of the daily expressions used in almost every conversation. I recommend memorizing these phrases, because you will need them for sure.

English - Malagasy
hi
how are you? manao ahoana ianao
I'm good, thank you tsara fa misaotra
and you? ary ianao?
what is your name? izy no anaranao
my name is Maya maya no anarako
nice to meet you

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