From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 08:51:13 -0700

Mitakuyepi (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  le anpetu kin lila tate yelo/ksto (it is very windy today) lila:
(lee-la) tate: (first T is guttural)
 
le: this
anpetu: day
kin: the
lila: very
tate: wind/windy
 
2.  lila lowacin. Nis? (I am very hungry, how about you?) lowacin:
(lo-wa-cheen) (nasal N) nis: (neesh)
 
lila: very
lowacin: I am hungry
nis: you/how about you
 
3.  cankpe kin lila mayazan (my knee really hurts) cankpe: (chonk-pe)
mayazan (ma-ya-zan) (nasal N)
 
cankpe: knee
kin: the
lila: very/really
mayazan: hurt
 
4.  nicuwita he?  (are you cold?) nicuwita (nee-choo-wee-ta)
 
nicuwita: are you cold       yelo/ksto:  male and female gender ending
 
anpetu waste yuha po (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute