Malagasy Nouns
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 |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Nouns in Malagasy has a logical pattern. Locate the Nouns above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Malagasy.
List of 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 |
Nouns and Words have a very important role in Malagasy, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Malagasy Nouns, you might want to check the rest of our Malagasy lessons here: Learn Malagasy. Don't forget to bookmark this page.