From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:42:03 -0700

Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  takuwe yalowan oyakihi sni hwo/he?  (why can't you sing?)
 
            ta-koo-we ya-lo-wan o-ya-kee-hee-shnee
 
takuwe:  why
yalowan:  you sing
oyakihi sni:  you cannot
 
2.  slolwaye sni yelo/ksto  (I don't know)
 
slolwaye sni:  I don't know
 
3.  unispe kin waste kte lo/ksto  (if you know how, it will be good)
 
            oo-nee-spe keen wash-te
 
unispe kin:  if you learn
waste:  good
kte:  (intention) it will be good
 
anpetu waste yuha po  (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute