The 50 Most Common Verbs in Malagasy

Be, have, do, go and the other verbs you need first in Malagasy, with English translations.

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English	Malagasy
to be	—
to have	manana
to do	—
to go	mandeha
to come	tonga
to see	mahita
to look	mijery
to know	mahalala
to get	mahazo
to make	manao
to take	maka
to give	manome
to say	milaza
to tell	milaza
to speak	miteny
to talk	miteny
to think	mieritreritra
to want	te
to need	mila
to like	tia
to love	mitia
to eat	mihinana
to drink	misotro
to sleep	matory
to work	miasa
to play	milalao
to read	mamaky
to write	manoratra
to listen	mihaino
to hear	mandre
to walk	mandeha an-tongotra
to run	mihazakazaka
to sit	mipetraka
to stand	mitsangana
to open	manokatra
to close	manidy
to buy	mividy
to pay	mandoa
to help	manampy
to learn	mianatra
to understand	mahazo
to remember	mahatsiaro
to forget	manadino
to wait	miandry
to start	manomboka
to stop	mijanona
to live	miaina
to find	—
to ask	manontany
to answer	mamaly

3 of 50 entries are still missing in Malagasy (—) or have no direct equivalent.

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