From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:37:53 -0700

Mitakuyepi   (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  unkiye otunwahe ta unyin kte sni yelo/ksto.  (we are not going to
town)
 
            oon-kee-ye  o-toon-wa-he  ta  oon-yeen  k-te  (nasal N)
 
unkiye:  we
otunwahe:  town
ta:  to
unyin:  kte sni:  not going
yelo/ksto:  male and female gender ending
 
2.  unkiye wayawa unyin kte lo/ksto   (we are going to school)
 
wayawa:  school
unyin kte:  going
lo/ksto:  male and female gender ending
 
3.  unkiye wacipi ta unyanpi kte lo/ksto   (we are going to the pow-wow)
 
            unyanpi:  oon-yan-pee  (nasal N)
 
wacipi:  pow-wow/dance
unyanpi kte:  we are going
lo/ksto:  male and female gender ending
 
anpetu waste yuha po  (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute