From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:43:35 -0700

Mitakuyepi   (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  Cante Skuya Anpetu waste yuha po/pe  (have a good Valentine's Day)
            
            chan-te   sku-ya
 
cante:  heart
skuya;  sweet
anpetu:  day
waste:  good
po/pe:  male and female gender ending
 
2.  wakalyapi kin wastemna yelo/ye   (the coffee smells good)
 
            wa-kal-ya-pi   wash-te-mna
 
wakalyapi:  coffee
kin:  the
wastemna:  smells good
yelo/ye:  male and female gender ending
 
3.  etan yacin hwo/he?   (you want some?)
 
            e-tan (nasal n)  ya-chin
 
etan:  some
yacin:  you want
hwo/he:  male and female gender ending (question)
 
4.  han, lila pilamaya yelo/ye
 
han:  yes
lila:  very
pilamaya yelo:  thank-you (male)  pilamaya ye (female)  gender endings
 
anpetu waste yuha po (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute