From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:12:26 -0700

Mitakuyepi (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail
 
Hekta oko anpetu topa na anpetu zaptan hehan Mahpiya Luta owayawa ekta
Lakota Iyapi kin iwoglakapi.  Yukan, lehan 
 
oyate conala Lakota Iyapi  okihipi keyapi.  Eyas, unkiye Lakota Iyapi
kin le anpetu iyohila gluhan maunipi kte lo/ye.
 
Last week on Thursday and Friday a discussion/meeting was held on the
Lakota Language at Red Cloud School.  It is said 
 
that only a few people can speak the Lakota Language today/now.  But, we
will walk with our Lakota Language every day.
 
Hekta: before
Oko: week
Anpetu: day
Topa: four
Na: and 
Zaptan: five
Hehan: than
Mahpiya: cloud
Luta: red
Owayawa: school
Ekta: there
Kin: the
Iwoglakapi: discussion about
Yukan: to be
Lehan: now
Conala: few
Okihipi: able to/can
Keyapi: it is said
Eyas: but
Unkiye: us/we
Iyohila: each
Gluha: to have/carry
Maunipi: walk
Kte: will  
Oyate: people
 
Anpetu waste yuha po (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute