From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 14:27:04 -0600

Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  wanna anpetu zaptan yelo/ksto, tokeske ilukcan hwo/he? (it is Friday
now, what do you think?)
 
            wan-na an-pe-too zop-tan to-ke-shke ee-look-chan
 
wanna:  now
anpetu:  day
zaptan:  fifth day of the week (Friday) also means five (5) when
counting
tokeske:  how do you think/what do you think
ilukcan:  you think
 
2.  ti ohomni takuku apiwayin kte lo/ksto  (I am going to fix things
around the house)
 
            tee o-ho-mnee ta-koo-koo a-pee-wa-yeen kte
 
ti:  house (home)
ohomni:  around
takuku:  things
apiwayin:  I fix
kte:  will
 
3.  ni kili yelo/ksto  (your awesome/great/extraordinary)
 
            nee kili
 
ni:  you
kili:  great/awesome/extraordinary)
 
anpetu waste yuha po
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakaota Language Institute
Oglala Lakota College