From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 16:25:14 -0600

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