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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