From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 16:57:10 -0700

Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.         kola, blo oyaju kta heci ociciya owakihi yelo  (friend, if
you are planting potatoes, I can help you)
 
            o-ya-zhoo o-chee-chee-ya o-wa-kee-hi
 
kola:  a special friend, strong commitment
blo:  potatoe
oyaju:  are (you) planting
kta heci:  if (you) are planting
ociciya:  I can help
owakihi:  I can
 
2.         pilamaya yelo, eyas nahanhci osni yelo (thank you, but it is
still cold)
 
            e-yash na-hanHci (guttural H) os-ni
 
pilamaya yelo:  thank you (male)
eyas,  but
nahanhci:  still
osni:  cold
 
3.  ohan (yes)  o-han
 
anpetu waste yuha po  (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute