If you're trying to learn Malagasy Prepositions you will find some useful resources including a course about time and place prepositions and and demonstrative pronouns... 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 Prepositions 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 Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Malagasy.
Malagasy prepositions link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition. Here are some examples:
| English Prepositions | Malagasy Prepositions |
|---|---|
| Prepositions | Mpisolo tena tapisaka |
| inside the house | ao anaty trano |
| outside the car | ivelan'ny fiara |
| with me | miaraka amiko |
| without him | tsy miaraka aminy |
| under the table | ao ambany latabatra |
| after tomorrow | rafaka ampitso |
| before sunset | alohan'ny filentehan'ny masoandro |
| but I'm busy | ka sahirana aho |
Notice the structure of the Prepositions in Malagasy.
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Malagasy placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Malagasy vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Malagasy Prepositions |
|---|---|
| about | mikasika |
| above | ambony |
| across | manerana |
| after | aoriana |
| against | mifanohitra |
| among | amin' |
| around | manodidina |
| as | tahaka |
| at | any |
| before | aloha |
| behind | aoriana |
| below | ambany |
| beneath | ambany |
| beside | akaiky |
| between | ampovoany |
| beyond | alavitra |
| but | ka |
| by | amin'ny alalan'ny |
| despite | na dia |
| down | ambany |
| during | nandritra |
| except | ankoatry ny |
| for | noho |
| from | avy amin' |
| in | anaty |
| inside | anaty |
| into | anaty |
| near | akaiky |
| next | akaiky |
| of | ny |
| on | ambony |
| opposite | mifanohitra |
| out | ivelan'ny |
| outside | ivelan'ny |
| over | manerana |
| per | isaky ny |
| plus | manampy |
| round | |
| since | nanomboka |
| than | noho |
| through | amin'ny alalan'ny |
| till | hatramin' |
| to | hatrany |
| toward | mikasika |
| under | ambany |
| unlike | tsy tahaka |
| until | hatramin'ny |
| up | hatramin'ny |
| via | amin'ny alalan'ny |
| with | miaraka |
| within | anaty |
| without | tsy miaraka |
| two words | teny roa |
| according to | amiko |
| because of | noho ny |
| close to | akaikin' |
| due to | noho ny |
| except for | ankoatry ny |
| far from | lavitra |
| inside of | anaty |
| instead of | toy izay |
| near to | akaikin' |
| next to | akaikin' |
| outside of | ivelan'ny |
| prior to | teo aloha/taloha |
| three words | teny telo |
| as far as | raha miresaka mikasika ny |
| as well as | tahaka izany ihany koa |
| in addition to | ankoatr'izany |
| in front of | eo anoloan'ny/manoloana ny |
| in spite of | na dia |
| on behalf of | ho an' |
| on top of | ambony indrindra |
| demonstrative pronouns | Mpanondro |
| this | ity |
| that | ito |
| these | iretsy |
| those | iretsy |
Time place and demonstrative pronouns have a very important role in Malagasy. Once you're done with Malagasy Prepositions, you might want to check the rest of our Malagasy lessons here: Learn Malagasy. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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