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Lesson 4 of 10
Counting to ten in Malagasy
One to ten, for prices, platforms, rooms and how many beers. Play the ten Malagasy words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Malagasy phrases in this lesson
- Irayee-RAY
- One
- RoaROO-ah
- Two
- Teloteh-LOO
- Three
- Efatraeh-FAH-trah
- Four
- DimyDEE-mee
- Five
- EninaEH-nee-nah
- Six
- FitoFEE-too
- Seven
- ValoVAH-loo
- Eight
- SivySEE-vee
- Nine
- FoloFOH-loo
- Ten
Counting is straightforward until you hit compounds. Iray is also used for the article a, so context clarifies. Always used with items: iray labiera.
Two of something becomes roa, never roa iray. Roa labiera is two beers. The pattern holds: telo, efatra, dimy (3, 4, 5).
Folo is ten. Twenty is roa folo (two tens), thirty telo folo. The pattern stays regular, which is a relief after Danish madness.