From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:37:06 -0700

Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
1.  male talk:  kola, yalowan oyakihi hwo?  (friend, can you sing?)
 
     female talk:  maske, yalowan oyakihi he?  (friend, can you sing?)
 
            ko-la  mash-ke  ya-lo-wan  o-ya-kee-hi
 
kola:  friend/a special friend (male)
maske:  friend/a special friend (female)
yalowan:  (you) sing
oyakihi:  can you
 
2.  hiya, walowan owakihi sni yelo/ksto  (no, I cannot sing)
 
            hi-ya  wa-lo-wan  o-wa-kee-hi shni
 
hiya:  no
walowan:  I sing
owakihi sni:  I cannot
yelo/ksto:  male and female gender ending
 
3.  aksaka  (it is too bad)
 
anpetu waste yuha po  (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute