If you're trying to learn Malagasy Nouns you will find some useful resources including a course about Nouns and Words... to help you with your Malagasy grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Malagasy. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Malagasy Nouns is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Malagasy language. But first we need to know what the role of Nouns is in the structure of the grammar in Malagasy.
Malagasy nouns are words used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract ideas. Nouns are usually the most important part of vocabulary. Here are some examples:
| English Nouns | Malagasy Nouns |
|---|---|
| nouns | Anarana |
| my car | ny fiarako |
| green car | fiara maintso |
| three cars | fiara telo |
| car garage | fiantsonan'ny fiara |
| outside the car | ivelan'ny fiara |
Notice the structure of the Nouns in Malagasy.
Below is a list of the Nouns and Words in Malagasy placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Malagasy vocabulary.
| English Nouns | Malagasy Nouns |
|---|---|
| arm | tànana |
| back | lamosina |
| cheeks | takolaka |
| chest | tratra |
| chin | soaka |
| ear | sofina |
| elbow | kiho |
| eye | maso |
| face | tarehy/endrika |
| finger | hoho tànana |
| fingers | ireo hoho tànana |
| foot | tongotra |
| hair | volo |
| hand | tanana |
| head | loha |
| heart | fo |
| knee | lohalika |
| leg | tongotra |
| lip | molotra |
| mouth | vava |
| neck | atoka |
| nose | orona |
| shoulder | soroka |
| stomach | vavony |
| teeth | nify |
| thigh | fe |
| throat | tenda |
| thumb | akihy be tànana |
| toe | hoho tongotra |
| tongue | lela |
| tooth | nify |
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