From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:50:44 -0600

Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  female speaker:  cepansi, tokeske yaun he? (cousin, how are you?) 
     
     male speaker:  tanhansi, tokeske yaun hwo? (counsin, how are you?)
 
            female:  che-pan-shi, to-ke-shke ya-oon he?  Male:
Tan-han-shi (guttural T), to-ke-shke ya-oon hwo?
 
cepansi:  female cousin
tanhansi:  male cousin
tokeske yaun:  how are you?
he and hwo:  female and  male gender endings (question)
 
2.  han, tanyan waun ksto, nis? (yes, I am doing fine, how about you?)
 
     tanhansi, tanyan waun welo, nis? (cousin, I am doing fine, how
about you?)
 
            female:  haN (nasal N), tan-yan wa-oon k-sto, neesh?  male:
tan-han-shi, tan-yan wa-oon welo, neesh?
 
han:  yes
tanhansi:  male cousin
tanyan:  well
tanyan waun:  I am fine/well
ksto and welo:  female and male gender endings
nis:  how about you?
 
3.  miseya, tanyan waun ksto (me too, I am doing fine/well)
 
     miseya, tanyan waun welo (me too, I am doing fine/well)
 
            meesh-eya, tan-yan wa-oon kshto/welo
 
miseya:  me too
tanyan:  well
tanyan waun:  I am fine/well
ksto and welo:  female and male gender endings
 
anpetu waste yuha po  (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute