From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:56:08 -0600

Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  ciye, hinhanni kin ogle omayaku oyakihi hwo? (brother, can I borrow
your jacket tomorrow?)
 
            younger brother speaking:  ci-ye, hiN-hanni (nasal N) kin
o-gle o-ma-ya-ku o-ya-ki-hi hwo?
 
ciye:  older brother
hinhanni:  tomorrow
kin:  the
ogle:  jacket/coat
omayaku:  borrow
oyakihi:  can you
hwo:  male gender ending (question)
 
2.   hiya, ungna yaunni kte lo, misun  (no, you might lose it brother)
 
            older brother speaking:  hi-ya, un-gna ya-uN-ni (nasal N)
kte lo, mi-suN (nasal N)
 
hiya:  no
ungna:  maybe/might
yaunni:  you might lose
kte:  will/might
lo:  male gender ending
 
3.  ohan, tokasni yelo  (ok, that's alright)
 
            younger brother speaking:  o-han, to-kash-ni yelo
 
ohan:  ok
tokasni:  that's alright
yelo:  male gender ending
 
anpetu waste yuha po  (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute