Malagasy
Malagasy: Finding an ATM
Finding an ATM
| Manana vola be ve ianao? | Do you have a lot of money? | |
| Tsy manana aho. Roa alina Ariary ihany no ananako. | I do not. I only have 20,000 Ariary. | ihany – only |
| Tsy tsara izany. Mila vola bebe kokoa izahay. | That is not good. We need a lot more money. | bebe kokoa – a lot more |
| Fantatrao ve hoe aiza no misy ATM?
Fantatrao ve hoe aiza no misy GAB? Fantatrao ve hoe aiza no misy DAB? |
Do you know where there is an ATM? | fantatra – to know
GAB – ATM DAB – ATM |
| Tsia, tsy fantatro aiza ho aiza misy ATM. Fa tokony hanontany an’io polisy io isika. | No, I do not know exactly where it is. But we should ask that policeman. | manontany – to ask a question. |
| Salama, tompoko! Aiza ny ATM akaiky indrindra? | Hello, sir! Where is the nearest ATM? | akaiky – near
indrindra – most |
| Mila ATM Visa/Sesame ve ianao sa ATM Mastercard? | Do you need a Visa/Sesame ATM or a MasterCard ATM? | sa – or (interrogative) |
| Visa/Sesame, azafady. | Visa/Sesame, please. | |
| Midina amin’ity arabe ity, avy eo miankavanana, ary miankavia eo amin’ny sampanana faharoa. Eo ankavananao ny Bank of Africa. | Go down this street, turn right, then take the second left. The Bank of Africa will be on your right. | midina – to descend/go down
avy eo – and then miankavanana – to turn right miankavia – to turn left faha – [a prefix indicating the order, used before a number] sampanana – junction/intersection faharoa – second |
| Mbola misokatra ve ny banky? | Is the bank still open? | mbola – still
misokatra – open/opened |
| Mihidy amin’ny mitataovovonana izy io, fa ny ATM dia misokatra andro aman’alina. | It is closed at noon, but the ATM is open all day and night. | manidy – to close
mihidy – closed mitataovovonana – noon misokatra – open/opened (adj.) aman’alina – day and night |
| Ny ATM dia misokatra foana. | foana – always | |
| Misaotra! | Thank you! |
