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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