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From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:51:45 -0700
Mitakuyepi (all my relatives)
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
1. wanna yagla hwo/he? (are you going home now?) ANS: han, wagni
kte lo/ksto (yes, I am going home)
wanna: now
yagla: are you going home
han: yes
wagni: I am going home
kte: (intention) will go home
2. iwanyangya gla yo/ye (go home carefully) o' han, iwanyangya wagni
kte lo/ksto (yes, I will go home carefully)
iwanyangya: carefully
gla: go home
0'han: yes
wagni: I will go home
anpetu waste yuha po (have a good day)
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute