From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:50:28 -0700

Mitakuyepi (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  oko wanji kin Wanikiya Tunpi Anpetu kte lo/ksto. (one more week
until Christmas)
 
pronunciation:  Wanikiya (wa-nee-kee-ya)  tunpi  (toon-pee)
 
oko: week
wanji: one
kin: the
Wanikiya:  Grandfather
tunpi:  born
anpetu: day
kte: will (something future)
lo/ksto: male and female gender ending
 
2.  wakanyeja kin wospi pi kte lo/ksto. (Children will receive gifts)
 
pronunciation:  wakanyeja (wa-kan-ye-zha)  wospi pi (wo-sh-pee pee)
 
wakanyeja:  children
kin: the
wospi:  gifts/receive gifts from tree
pi: more than one
kte: will
lo/ksto: male and female gender ending
 
Anpetu waste yuha po
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute