From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:49:04 -0700

Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
1.  wanna maga kin agli yelo/ksto   (the geese/goose are back now)
 
            waN-na (nasal N)  ma-gha  a-gli
 
wanna:  now
maga:  geese/goose
kin:  the
agli:  (came) back
yelo/ksto:  male and female gender ending
 
2.  itesniya (really?/honestly?/are you kidding?)
 
            ite-sni-ya
 
3.  han, htalehan maga eya kiyan aku yelo/ksto  (yes, I saw some flying
back yesterday) 
 
            Hta-le-han (guttural H)  ma-gha
 
han:  yes
htalehan:  yesterday
maga:  geese/goose
eya:  some
kinyan:  fly
aku:  coming back
yelo/ksto:  male and female gender ending
 
anpetu waste yuha po
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director Lakota Language Institute