Monday, October 11, 2010

Madagascar Update: Lessons in Malagasy

Some words that (I feel) are important for you to know if you ever come to Madagascar:

Fetsy (pronounced fete-see): clever/micheveous

Hafa Hafa (pronounced ha-fa ha-fa): Strange/weird

Mandoa (pronounced mawn-do-ah): to vomit
AND
Mandoa Vola (pronounced mawn-do-ah voo-la): to pay (or, literally, to vomit money)

Mikiki (pronounced me-key-key): to shred

Mitutu (pronounced me-too-too): to grind

(the last two are super fun to say out loud - try it)

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