return to Learning Lakota Language
From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 16:52:31 -0700
Mitakuyepi (all my relatives)
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
Le htayetu kin ungna magaju na naku wa hinhin kta keya pelo/pe.
Ikancola etan heya pelo/pe.
(It is said that ii might rain or snow this evening. This is from the
radio)
le: this
htayetu: evening
ungna: perhaps/possible
na: and
naku: also
wa: snow
hinhin: snow fall
kta: future/intention
keya: to say that
pelo/pe: gender ending pelo is male statement pe is female statement
magaju: rain
ikancola: radio (ksdz Gordon)
etan; from
heya: to say that or this
tanyan omani po/pe (travel carefully)
toksa ake wanciyankapi kte lo (I will see you again)
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute