From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:51:15 -0700

Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  kola, mni luzahan ekta taktoka hwo?  ((friend, what is going on in
Rapid City?)
 
            Ko-la (guttural K) m-nee lu-za-haN (nasal N) ek-ta tak-to-Ka
(guttural K)
 
kola:  friend
mni luzahan:  Rapid City
ekta:  there
taktoka:  what is going on
 
2.  wounspe wankatuya omniciye kta keyapi yelo (I heard they are having
a higher education conference/omniciye)
 
            wo-un-spe wan-ka-tu-ya o-mni-cee-ye ke-ya-pi
 
wounspe:  wisdom/education
wankatuya:  higher/college
omniciye:  meeting/conference
kta:  will
keyapi:  it is said/heard
 
3.  wicotapi kte lo (there will be many people)   *as many as 35 tribal
colleges will represented
 
            wi-cho-ta-pi
 
wicotapi:  many people (playing Basketball/Handgames/Wacipi....)  Have A
Good Break
 
Anpetu waste yuha po  (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute