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From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:48:45 -0700
 
Mitakuyepi (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  kasna sni yo/ye. (don't miss) (don't miss the shot) LNI?
 
Kasna: miss
Sni: don't
Yo/ye: male and female gender ending.
 
2.  mni luzan ekta tab skatapi kte lo. (they are playing basketball at
rapid city) male gender ending
     mni luzan ekta tab skatapi kte. (they are playing basketball at
rapid city) female gender ending.
 
Mni: water
Luzan: rapid/fast
Ekta: at/there
Tab: ball/basketball
Skatapi: play/playing
Kte: will
Lo: male gender ending
 
Anpetu waste yuha po.
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute