From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:14:55 -0700

Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  hankasi yupiyakel womaku ca lila piwakila yelo. (male speaker) my
cousin (female) fed me well, so I am really thankful.
 
 
            Han-ka-shee  yoo-pee-ya-kel  wo-ma-k'oo  cha  pee-wa-kee-la
 
Hankasi:  female cousin
Yupiyakel:  well, nice, delicious 
Womaku:  fed me
Ca:  so
Lila:  very/really
Piwakila:  thankful       yelo:  male gender ending
 
2.  lila lowacin ca tuktel wol mni ktelo/kte ksto.(I am really hungry,
so I am going to go eat someplace)
 
 
            lee-la  lo-wa-cheen   cha   took-tel   wol  mnee
 
lila:  very, really
lowacin:  I am hungry
ca:  so
tuktel:  someplace/where
wol:  eat
mni:  I am going     mni also means water,e.g.,mni wacin yelo/ye (I want
some water)
 
anpetu waste yuha po (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute