From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 17:11:09 -0700

Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  male/brother/cousin:  misun, tok(i) ya hwo?  (where is my little
brother)
 
            mee-soon to-kee-ya (tokel iya) hwo
 
misun:  younger brother/little brother
tokiya/tokeya:  where (did he go)
 
2.  female/sister/cousin:  tiblo, nahanhci misun gli sni ye  (older
brother, little brother is not back yet)
 
            tee-blo na-hanH-chee (guttural H)
 
tiblo:  older brother
nahanhci:  not yet
misun:  younger brother/little brother
gli:  came back
sni:  not
 
3.  male/brother/cousin:  cuwe, misun ole mni kte lo  (older sister, I
will look for my little brother)
 
            choo-we misun o-le
 
cuwe:  older sister
ole:  look for
mni kte:  I am going
 
anpetu waste yuha po  (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute