From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 14:20:40 -0600

Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  leksi, magaju kin le tokeske ilukcan hwo? (uncle, what do you think
about this rain?)
 
            lek-shee ma-Ga-ju (guttural G) kin le to-kes-ke i-lu-kcan
 
leksi:  uncle
magaju:  rain
kin:  the
le:  this
tokeske:  how (how in the world are you doing?)
ilukcan:  how do you think
hwo:  male gender ending (question)
 
2.  waste yelo, mni ota kte lo (good, there will be plenty of water)
 
            wash-tee mni o-ta kte
 
waste:  good 
mni:  water
ota:  many/plenty
kte:  will
yelo/lo:  male gender endings
 
3.  eyas lila hlehlila yelo  (but, it is very muddy)
 
            lek-shee e-yash li-la Hle-Hli-la (guttural H)
 
eyas:  but
lila:  very
hlehlila:  muddy
yelo:  male gender ending
 
anpetu waste yuha po  (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute
Oglala Lakota College