From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 16:10:51 -0600

Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  male speaker:  ociciya yacin hwo?  female speaker:  ociciya yacin
he?  (do you want me to help you?)
 
            o-chi-chi-ya ya-chin
 
ociciya:  help you
yacin:  you want
 
2.  male speaker:  omakiya yo  female speaker:  omakiya ye  (help me)
 
            o-ma-kee-ya
 
omakiya:  help me
 
3.  male speaker:  ohan, amape yo  female speaker:  ohan, amape ye  (ok,
wait for me)
 
            o-han a-ma-Pe (guttural P)
 
ohan:  yes
amape:  wait for me
 
anpetu waste yuha po (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute
Oglala Lakota College