From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:57:41 -0700

Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  leksi, tanyan yaun hwo/he?  (uncle, how are you?)
 
            le-kshee  tan-yan
 
leksi:  uncle
tanyan:  good/good feeling
yaun:  how are you
hwo/he:  male and female gender ending (question)
 
2.  han, lila waste yelo, na nis?  (male talk)  (yes, I am doing very
good and how about you?)
 
            wash-tee
 
3.  lila tanyan waun eyas owayawa ekta kahektab iblable yelo/ye  (I am
doing fine but I fell behind in school)
 
            tan-yan  wa-un  e-yash  o-wa-ya-wa  ek-ta  ka-he-ktab
i-bla-ble
 
lila:  very
tanyan:  good/good feeling
waun:  I am doing good
eyas:  but
owayawa:  school
ekta:  there/in
kahektab iblable:  fell behind
 
4.  bliheiciya yo  (male talk)  (be strong)
            bli-he-ichi-ya
 
bliheiciya:  be strong
 
anpetu waste yuha po  (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute