From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:14:20 -0700

Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  Male speaker to female cousin:  hankasi, Denver March ekta ni kta
hwo?(cousin, are you going to Denver March?)
 
            han-ka-shee  ekta nee k-ta hwo?
 
hankasi:  female cousin (Lakota thought)
Denver March:  Denver March Pow Wow
ekta:  there
ni kta hwo:  are you going?
 
2.  sicesi, lila bla wacin eyas hugmiyan siksica unwakiye ksto(cousin, I
really want to go but I have bad tires)
 
            female speaker to male cousin:  shee-ch'e-shee(glottal stop)
lee-la bla wa-cheen e-yash hoog-mee-yan
            sheek-shee-cha  oon-wa-kee-ye ksto
 
sicesi:  male cousin (Lakota thought)
lila:  very
bla:  I go
wacin:  I want
eyas:  but
hugmiyan:  wheel (tires)
siksica:  bad (plural)
unwakiye:  I have (on)
 
3.  ikopesni yo hankasi, toksa hugmiyan etan iwagni kte lo(don't worry
cousin, I will look for some tires)
 
            male speaker: ee-ko-pe-shnee yo hankasi, tok-sha hugmiyan
etan ee-wag-nee kte lo
 
ikopesni:  don't worry/have no fear
toksa:  maybe (will look for tires)
etan:  some
iwagni:  I look for
 
anpetu waste yuha po (have a good day)
 
Woiyuge (guttural G) (question)  lena slolya pi hwo?(do you know these?)
1.toniktuka hwo?  2. o'han
 
3. pilamaya ye (gender) 4. mni yacin he? 5.toksa ake
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute