From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:35:43 -0700

Mitakuyepi (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  Tokiya la hwo/he? (where are you going?) pronunciation: to-kee-ya la
hwo? (male) to-kee-ya la he? (female)
 
tokiya:  where
la:  are you going? Question
 
2.  Tanyan yahi yelo/ksto:  ( I am glad you came) pronunciation: tan-yan
ya-hee yelo (male) tan-yan ya hee ksto (female)
 
tanyan: glad/well/good
yahi:  you came
 
3.  Tanyan icanu yelo/ksto: (you did well/good) tan-yan ee-cha-noo yelo
(male) tan-yan ee-cha-noo ksto (female)
 
tanyan:  glad/well/good
icanu:  you did    can also be spell: ecanu
 
suggestions are welcome...karen, pilamayaye yelo for your
phonics/phonetics help.
 
Anpetu waste yuha po
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute