From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:31:42 -0700

Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  tankal skata po/pe  (play outside)
            
            Tan-kal (guttural T)  ska-ta
 
tankal:  outside
skata:  play
po/pe:  male and female gender ending
 
2.  takuwe?  tankal lila osni yelo/ksto  (why? Its very cold outside)
 
            ta-ku-we  Tan-kal (guttural T)
 
takuwe:  why
tankal:  outside
lila:  very
osni:  cold
yelo/ksto:  male and female gender ending
 
3.  icin, tankal oiyokipi yelo/ksto  (because, its nice outside)
 
            i-chin  o-i-yo-ki-pi
 
icin:  because
oiyokipi:  pleasant/nice
 
anpetu waste yuha po  (have a nice day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute