From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 15:03:36 -0600

Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  kola, sunka wanji yacin hwo?  (friend, do you want a dog?)
 
            kola, shoon-ka wanji yacin hwo?
 
kola:  friend
sunka:  dog
wanji:  one
yacin:  you want
hwo?  male gender ending (question)
 
2.  hiya, sunka ota wicabluha yelo  (no, I have many dogs)
 
            hee-ya, sunka o-ta wee-cha-bloo-ha yelo
 
hiya:  no
sunka:  dog
ota:  many
wicabluha:  I have
yelo:  male gender ending
 
3.  ohan, eses tanyan umpi yelo  (ok, anyway, they are doing fine)
 
            o-han, esh-esh tan-yan oom-pi yelo
 
ohan:  yes/ok
eses:  anyway
tanyan umpi:  they are doing fine
yelo:  male gender ending
 
anpetu waste yuha po  (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute
Oglala Lakota College