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From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:31:22 -0700

Mitakuyepi (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  lila osni ca tanyan omani po/pe( it is very cold so travel with
care) ca: (cha) omani: (o-ma-ni)
 
lila: very
osni:  cold
ca:  so
tanyan:  care/careful
omani:  travel     po/pe: male and female gender ending
 
2.  canku kin ungna sluslutin kte lo/ksto (the roads might be slippery)
canku: (can-ku) ungna: (ung-na) sluslutin: (slu-slu-tin) nasal N.
 
canku: road
kin: the
ungna: perhaps/might
sluslutin: slippery
kte: will (be)    lo/ksto:  male and female gender ending
 
3.  asnikiya po/pe (get some rest) asnikiya: (as-ni-ki-ya)
 
asnikiya: rest
 
anpetu waste yuha po (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute