Dating & Romance

1. Tsy te hiara-misakafo ve ianao?

   Would you like to have dinner together?

   Usage

   Invite someone for a meal together

   Grammar Note

   Tsy te...ve? is a polite invitation meaning wouldn't you like to

2. Tia anao aho

   I like you

   Usage

   Express that you like someone

   Grammar Note

   Malagasy uses verb-object-subject word order

3. Mba omeo ahy ny laharan'ny findainao

   Can I have your phone number?

   Usage

   Politely ask for someone's phone number

   Grammar Note

   Finday is the word for a mobile phone (a landline is telefaonina); with the possessive suffix -nao it becomes findainao, "your phone". Laharana means "number, rank", so laharan'ny findainao is "your phone number". Omeo is the passive imperative of manome (to give)

4. Tsy te hiara-handeha ve ianao?

   Would you like to go on a date?

   Usage

   Ask someone out on a date

   Grammar Note

   hiara- prefix indicates doing something together

5. Mahafinaritra be ianao

   You are very attractive

   Usage

   Compliment someone's attractiveness

   Grammar Note

   be placed after adjectives intensifies the meaning

6. Afaka mihaona indray ve isika?

   Can we meet again?

   Usage

   Express a wish to meet again

   Grammar Note

   isika is inclusive we, including both speaker and listener. Afaka means "can", mihaona means "to meet"

7. Inona no sakafo tianao?

   What is your favorite food?

   Usage

   Ask about someone's favorite food

   Grammar Note

   tianao means that you like

8. Tsy te handeha hijery sinema ve ianao?

   Would you like to go see a movie?

   Usage

   Invite someone to see a movie

   Grammar Note

   sinema is borrowed from French cinéma

9. Azoko tazonina ny tananao ve?

   May I hold your hand?

   Usage

   Ask permission to hold someone's hand

   Grammar Note

   -ko is the first-person agent suffix (azoko "I may"). Tazonina is the passive form of mitazona (to hold, keep), and -nao means "your"

10. Tia anao be aho

    I have fallen for you

    Usage

    Confess romantic feelings

    Grammar Note

    be is an intensifier meaning very much

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