From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 15:49:16 -0700

Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota 
 
1.  hihanni kin omniciye kta hwo/he?  (is there a meeting tomorrow?)
            hee-han-nee  keen  om-nee-chee-ye kta
 
hinhanni:  tomorrow
kin  the
omniciye:  meeting
kta:  when (intention)   hwo/he:  male and female gender ending
 
2.  slolwaye sni yelo/ye (I don't know)
            
slolwaye:  I know
slolwaye sni:  I don't know    yelo/ye:  male and female gender ending  
 
3.  tuwa slolya hwo/he?  (who knows?)
 
tuwa:  who
slolya:  knows   hwo/he:  male and female gender ending
 
4.  takuni slolwaye sni yelo/ksto  (I don't know nothing)
            ta-koo-nee
 
takuni:  nothing   yelo/ksto:   male and female gender ending
 
anpetu waste yuha po  (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute