From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:51:52 -0700

Mitakuyepi (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  le anpetu kin osiceca ahi yelo/ye (bad weather came today) osiceca:
(o-shee-che-cha)
 
le:this
anpetu: day (today)
kin: the
osiceca: bad weather
ahi: came        yelo/ye: male and female gender ending
 
2.  tate kin waziyatahan kaluze yelo/ye (the wind is blowing from the
north) tate:(ta-te)(first T guttural) kaluze:(ka-loo-ze)
 
tate: wind
kin: the
waziyatahan: from the north (waziyata:north)
kaluze: blow/blowing        
 
 
3.  iyomakipi yelo/ye (I am happy) iyomakipi:(ee-yo-ma-kee-pee)
 
iyomakipi: I am happy
 
 
4.  imapi ca mahwa yelo/ye (I am full so I am sleepy) imapi:(ee-ma-pee)
ca:(cha) mahwa:(ma-h-wa)(guttural H)
 
imapi: I am full
ca: so
mahwa: I am sleepy
 
anpetu waste yuha po (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute