Malagasy Grammar

The Malagasy grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. The grammatical rules below are the most important in Malagasy and help connect words or shape the structure. We start with the prepositions:

And: ary / sy	Under: ambany
Before: aloha	After: aoriana
Inside: anaty	Outside: ivelan'ny
With: miaraka	But: nefa
For: noho	From: avy amin'
To: hatrany	In: anaty

Questions and Adverbs

To ask questions, use the following:

What?: inona?	Who?: iza?
How?: ahoana?	Why?: nahoana?
Where?: aiza?

Some of the most important time adverbs:

Never: tsy mihitsy	Rarely: zara raha
Sometimes: indraindray	Usually: matetika
Always: foana	Very: tena

Most commonly used pronouns in Malagasy:

I: izaho	You: ianao
He: izy	She: izy
We: isika	They: izy ireo/zareo

To express the possession of something [possessive form]:

My: ny -ko	Your: ny -nao
His: ny -niny	Her: ny -niny
Our: ny -tsika	Their: ny -nareo

Grammar in a sentence

Some random verbs to show how it's being used:

I speak English: miteny anglisy aho

You speak French: miteny frantsay ianao

He speaks German: miteny alema izy

She speaks Italian: miteny italianina izy

I visited France: nitsidika an'i frantsa aho

I will drink milk: hisotro ronono aho

Some extra grammatical structures:

I understand you: azoko ianao

I don't understand you: tsy azoko ianao

I don't speak French: tsy mahay miteny frantsay aho

This is my house: ity ny tranoko

That restaurant is far: lavitra ity otely ity

No problem: tsy misy olana

The above Malagasy grammar can provide tools to use in coordination with the Malagasy vocabulary to obtain some popular Malagasy phrases.