From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 16:36:41 -0600

Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  takoja, witka lul yayin kta hwo? (grandchild, are you going to color
eggs?)
 
            Male speaker:  takoja weet-ka lool-yayeeN (nasal N) kta hwo?
 
takoja:  grandchild
witka:  eggs
lul yayin:  are you going to color
kta:  will/when/intention
hwo:  male gender ending (question
 
2.  kaka, omakiya ye/yo (grandpa, help me)
 
            grandchild:  ka-ka o-ma-kee-ya ye (female) yo (male)
 
kaka:  grandfather
omakiya:  help me
ye/yo:  female and male gender endings
 
3.  takoja, unci iyunga yo  (grandchild, ask grandmother)
 
            takoja, ooN-chee (nasal N) ee-yoon-Ga (guttural G) yo
 
takoja:  grandchild
unci:  grandmother
iyunga:  ask
yo:  male gender ending
 
anpetu waste yuha po  (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute