From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 14:16:54 -0700

Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  wakayege unispe he? (female) (do you know how to sew?)  wakayege
unispe hwo? (male)
            wa-ka-ye-Ge (guttural G)  oon-nee-spe (nasal N)
 
            wakayege:  sew
            unispe:  you know how
 
2.  hiya, omakan sni ksto  (female) (no, I don't have time)  hiya,
omakan sni yelo (male)
            hee-ya  o-ma-Kan  (guttural K, nasal N)  shnee  k-shto
 
            hiya:  no
            omakan sni:  I don't have time
 
3.  yacin hantas unspeciciya owakihi ksto (female) (if you want, I can
teach you) yacin hantas unspeciciya owakihi yelo
            ya-cheen  han-tosh (nasal N)  oon-spe  chee-chee-ya
o-wa-kee-hee  k-shto
 
            yacin:  (if) you want
            hantas:  (if) its ok
            unspeciciya: teach you
            owakihi:  I can
 
4.  toksa tohan omakan kin ciciyuhla kte ksto (female) (when I have
time, maybe I will call) male: kte lo
            D/To-k-sha  to-hanl  o-ma-Kan (guttural K  keen (nasal N)
chee-chee-yoo-Hla (guttural H) k-te
 
            toksa:  maybe
            tohan:  some day
            omakan: (I) have time
            kin:  the/will
            ciciyuhla kte:  will call
 
anpetu waste yuha po (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute