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From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:57:20 -0700

Mitakuyepi (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  ake u wo/we (come again)
 
ake: again
u: come
wo/we: male and female gender ending
 
2.  loyacin hwo/he (are you hungry?)    pronounce: lo yachin
 
loyacin: are you hungry?
Hwo/he: male and female gender ending
 
3.  kokipe sni yo/ye (don't be afraid)   pronounce: ko kee pe    ko:
guttural K   pe:  guttural P
 
kokipe: afraid
sni: not/don't 
 
anpetu waste yuha po
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute