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From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:10:27 -0700

Mitakuyepi (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  hanhepi kin ungna wahinhin kte lo/ksto (it might snow tonight)
 
hanhepi:  night/mid-night
kin: the
ungna: perhaps/might
wahinhin: snow coming down
kte: will
lo/ksto: male and female gender ending
 
2.  tanyan kahapa po/pe (drive carefully) (ka-Ha-pa) (guttural H)
 
tanyan: carefully/careful
kahapa: drive
po/pe: male and female gender ending
 
anpetu waste yuha po ( have a good day )
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Language Institute