From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:58:47 -0600

Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  female speaker to more than one person:  toksa ake wacinyankapi kte
ksto (I will see you all later)
 
            male speaker:  toksa ake wacinyankapi kte lo
 
            tok-sha a-ke wa-cheen-yan-ka-pi k-te
 
toksa:  later (I will see you later/again
ake:  again
wacinyankapi:  see you all (plural)
kte:  will
ksto and lo:  female and male gender endings
 
2.  female speaker:  han, ake uwe (yes, come again)
 
            male speaker:  han, ake uwo 
 
            han, a-ke oo-we or oo-wo for male
 
han:  yes
ake:  again
uwe:  come (female speaker)
uwo:  come (male speaker)
 
3.  female speaker:  tanyan omani ye (travel safely)
 
            male speaker:  tanyan omani yo
 
            tan-yan o-mani
 
tanyan:  well/safely
omani:  travel
ye and yo:  female and male gender endings
 
anpetu waste yuha po (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute