Lesson 18 Flashcards
To replace
soloina
I need to replace my phone
Mila soloina ny telefonoko
Glasses
solomaso
dentures
solonify
computer
solosaina
weather
toetrandro
winter
ririnina (Mid-May to Mid-August)
spring
lohataona (mid-august to November)
Summer
fahavaratra (November to march)
Fall/autumn
Fararano- mid march to mid may
sun
masoandro
rain
orana
thunder
kotroka
lightening
tselatra
dry
maina
wet
lena
sky
lanitra
cloud
rohona
fog
zovona
good
tsara
bad
ratsy
mud
fotaka
cloudy
mandrahona
rainy
manorana
windy
madrivotra
sunny
masoandro
stormy
mikotroka
temperature
maripana
around/approximately
manodidina
Estimation
tombatombana
Turning of bones ceremony
Famadiana
Rice with a lot of oil, traditionally used after turning of bones
vary be menaka
Ancestors
razana
Tomb/grave
fasana
Proverb
ohabolana
Tsara ny Andro! Tena mibaliaka ny masoandro androany. Sao dia te hanehandeha any an-tsena ianao?
It’s a beautiful day! The sun is really bright today. Would you like to go for a walk to the market?
Be careful
tandremo
go
mandehana
run
mihazakazaka
call
antsoy
lock
hidio
close
akatony
listen
henoy
look
jereo
stop
ok’zay
don’t
aza (use in front of any verb)
Don’t drink coffee
aza misotro kafe
lock the door
hidio ny varavarana
don’t stop
aza mijanona
Zany ve? Mbola vao Novambra anie izao e. Matetika volana Desambra vao manomboka milatsaka ny orana. tokony tsy mbola misy orana androany kanefa mety ho diso aho. Hmmm. Ndao haingana ary sao latsaka ny orana rehefa avy eo e. Amin’izay tsy lena isika.
Is that it? It’s still only November. It usually starts to rain in December. It shouldn’t rain today, but I could be wrong. Hmm. Let’s hurry up and see if it rains when we get there. That way we won’t get wet!
The coast
amorontsirak’I (Amorontsirak’I Boeny- The coast of Boeny)
The entire island
Nosy manontolo
As for
ho
Partly cloudy
Tandrifin-drahona= tandrify+rahona
Oram-baratra
Rain and thunder- orana+varatra