From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:24:08 -0700

Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
!.  wanna anpetu zaptan yelo/ksto ca tokeske ilukcan hwo/he?  (it is
Friday now, what do you think?)
 
            wan-na  an-pe-too  zop-tan (yelo/ksto) cha  to-ke-shke
ee-look-chan
 
wanna:  now
anpetu:  day
zaptan:  fifth day of the week (Friday) also means five (5) when
counting
ca:  so
tokeske:  how do you think/what do you think
ilukcan:  you think
 
2.  ti ohomni takuku apiwayin kte lo/ksto  (I am going to fix things
around the house)
 
            tee  o-ho-mnee  ta-koo-koo  a-pee-wa-yeen  kte lo/kshto
 
ti:  house (home)
ohomni:  around
takuku:  things
apiwayin:  I fix
kte:  will (intention)
 
3.  ni kili yelo/ksto  (your awesome/great/extraordinary)
 
            nee  kili
 
ni:  you
kili:  great/awesome/extraordinary
 
anpetu waste yuha po
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute