From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 16:50:07 -0700

Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  oyate kin ptayela najinpi yelo/ksto  (the nation/people stand
together)  
 
oyate:  nation/people  (o-ya-tee)
kin:  the
ptayela:  united/together/stand together  (pta-ye-la)  
najinpi:  stand/standing (plural)  (na-jin-pi)
 
2.  hihanni canwakakse yelo/ksto  (I cut wood this morning)  
 
hihanni:  morning/this morning  (hi-han-ni)
canwakakse:  (I) cut wood  (can-wa-ka-kse)
 
3.  htayetu kin mni luzahan ta mni kte lo/ksto  (I am going to Rapid
City this evening)
 
htayetu:  evening  (hta-ye-tu)  Guttural H
kin:  the
mni luzahan:  Rapid City  (mni  lu-za-han)  note:  mni  (water) (going)
luzahan:  (rapid) (fast)
ta:  to
mni kte:  I am going
yelo/lo and ksto:  male and female gender endings
 
anpetu waste yuha po  (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute