From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:44:32 -0700

Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  unci, kaka canli wanji nicila ye (female)  unci, kaka canli wanji
nicila yelo (male) (grandma, grandpa ask for a cigarette)
 
unci:  grandma
kaka:  grandpa (lala also means grandpa common in Standing Rock/Cheyenne
River/Rosebud)
canli:  cigarette
wanji:  one
nicila:  ask of you
 
2.  takoja, kaka okiyaka ye hehan canli ablustan ksto (female)
(grandchild, tell grandpa I don't smoke anymore)
 
            ta-ko-zha  ka-ka  okee-ya-ka  chan-lee  ab-loo-shtan
 
takoja:  grandchild
okiyaka:  tell
ye:  female gender ending
hehan:  from now on/no more
canli:  cigarette
ablustan:  let go (I don't smoke anymore)
 
3.  unci, waste ksto (female)  unci, waste yelo (male)  (grandma, that's
good)
 
unci:  grandma
waste:  good
 
anpetu waste yuha po (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute