From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:12:40 -0700

Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  watohanl wauntapi kta hwo/he?  (when are we eating?)
 
            wa-to-hanL (nasal L)  wa-uN-ta-pi (nasal N)
 
watohanl:  sometime (future) can also mean "what time"
wauntapi:  we are eating
kta:  when/will
hwo/he:  male and female gender ending (question)
 
2.  oape sakpe wahehanl wauntapi kte lo/ksto  (we will eat about six
o'clock)
 
            o-a-Pe (guttural P) sa-kpe  wa-he-hanL (nasal L)
wa-uN-ta-pi (nasal N)
 
oape:  hour/time
sakpe:  six
wahehanl:  about that time
wauntapi:  we are eating
kte:  will
lo/ksto:  male and female gender endings
 
3.  waglihunni kte lo/ksto  (I will be back)
 
            wa-gli-hun-ni
 
waglihunni:  I come back
kte:  will
 
anpetu waste yuha po  ( have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute