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From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 16:44:38 -0700
Mitakuyepi (all my relatives)
Daily e-mail in Lakota
1. Htalehan anpetu ata si tapa wanblake yelo/ksto. (I watched football
all day yesterday).
Htalehan: yesterday
Anpetu: day
Ata: all
Si tapa: football
2. Okatin kta ske yelo/ksto (They say its going to be hot).
Okatin: going to be hot
Kta ske ; they say
3. Htayetu kin talo ceyunpapi wate kte yelo/ksto. (This evening, I am
going to eat fried meat).
Htayetu: evening
Talo: meat
Ceyunpapi: fried
Wate: I will eat
Yelo/Ksto: male and female gender ending
Kte: future ending, e.g. eat this evening.
Anpetu waste yoha po
Bryan Charging Clod
Director, Lakota Language Institute