From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:12:54 -0600

Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  cinksi, wayawa ni kta hwo? (son, are you going to school?)
 
            male speaker:  cheenk-shi, wa-ya-wa nee kta hwo?
 
cinksi:  son
wayawa:  school
wayawa ni:  you going to school?
Kta:  intention, will
hwo:  male gender ending (question)
 
2.  ate, le anpetu ki wayawa pi sni yelo (father, there is no school
today)
 
            a-te, le anpetu ki wayawa pi shnee yelo
 
ate:  father
le:  this (there)
anpetu ki:  this day
wayawa pi sni:  no school
yelo:  male gender ending
 
3.  waste yelo cinksi, oyakihi hantas waksica hena yujaja yo(son, that
is good, if you can, wash the dishes)
 
            father:  wash-te yelo, cinksi, o-ya-ki-hee han-tash
wak-shee-cha hena yu-zha-za yo
 
waste:  good
yelo:  male gender ending
cinksi:  son
oyakihi hantas:  if you can
waksica:  dish
hena:  those (the dishes)
yujaja:  wash
yo:  male gender ending
 
anpetu waste yuha po  (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute