From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: lakota iyapi
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:00:10 -0600

Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
 
1.  male speaker:  le anpetu kin lila tate yelo (it is very windy today)
female speaker:  le anpetu kin lila tate ksto
 
            le an-pe-tu kin (nasal n) lee-la Ta-te (guttural T)
 
le:  this
anpetu:  day
kin:  the
lila:  very
tate:  wind
 
2.  male speaker:  lila lowacin, nis? (I am very hungry, how about you?)
female speaker:  lila lowacin, nis?
 
            lee-la lo-wa-cheen, neesh?
 
lila:  very
lowacin:  I am hungry
nis:  you/how about you
 
3.  male speaker:  nicuwita hwo?  (are you cold?) female speaker:
nicuwita he?
 
            nee-choo-wee-ta
 
nicuwita:  are you cold
 
anpetu waste yuha po  (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute
Oglala Lakota College