From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:29:42 -0700

Mitakuyepi (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  htayetu kin osni kte lo/ksto  (it will be cold this evening)
htayetu (h-ta-ye-too) (guttural H) osni (o-snee)
 
htayetu:  evening
kin:  the
osni:  cold
kte:  will
lo/ksto:  male and female gender ending
 
2.  tokiya ni kta hwo/he? (where are you going?)  tokiya (toe-kee-ya)
 
tokiya:  where
ni:  you
kta:  when/will (intention)    hwo/he:  male and female gender ending
 
3.  tohanl yau kta hwo/he?  (when are you coming?) 
 
tohanl:  when
yau:  are you coming
kta:  when/will/ (intention)  hwo/he:  male and female gender ending
 
4.  wana mahwa yelo/ksto  (I am sleepy now)  mahwa (ma-h-wa) (guttural
H)
 
wana:  now
mahwa:  I am sleepy
yelo/ksto:  male and female gender ending
 
anpetu waste yuha po (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute