From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:03:14 -0700

Mitakuyepi  (all may relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  hihanni iyecinkaiyanke mitawa kin ececa sni yelo/ksto (my car will
not start this morning)
            hi-hanni  iye-chinka-iyan-ke
 
hihanni:  morning
iyecinkaiyanke:  car
mitawa:  mine
kin:  the
ececa sni:  not start/will not start
yelo/ksto:  male and female gender ending
 
2.  apikiya yo/ye lila osni kte lo/ksto (take care of it because it is
going to be very cold)
            a-pi-kiya
 
apikiya:  you fix
lila:  very
osni:  cold
lo/ksto:  male and female gender ending
 
anpetu waste yuha po  (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute