From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 11:35:58 -0600

Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota      Note:  audio included today
 
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 0-ma-ya-ku 0-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