From: "Brian Charging Cloud"
To: Mitakuyepi
Subject: Lakota Woglakapi 
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:54:51 -0600
 
Mitakuyepi  (all my relatives)
 
Daily e-mail in Lakota (fs-01)
 
1.  younger brother speaking:  ciye, hinanni kin ogle omayaku oyakihi
hwo? (brother, can I borrow your jacket tomorrow?)
            younger sister speaking:  tiblo, hinanni kin ogle omayaku
oyakihi he? (note: no female audio)
 
            chi-ye, hiN-hanni (nasal N) kin o-gle o-ma-ya-ku o-ya-ki-he
hwo/he?
 
ciye:  older brother (male speaker)
tiblo:  older brother (female speaker)
hinhanni:  tomorrow
kin:  the
ogle:  jacket/coat
omayaku:  borrow
oyakihi:  can you
hwo:  male gender ending   he: female gender ending question)
 
2.  older brother speaking:  hiya, ungna yaunni kte lo (no, you might
lose it)
            older sister speaking:  hiya, ungna yaunni kte ksto
 
            hi-ya ungna ya-uN-ni (nasal N) kte lo/ksto
 
hiya:  no
ungna:  maybe/might
yaunni:  you might lose it
kte:  will
lo/ksto:  male and female gender endings
 
3.  younger brother speaking:  tokasni yelo (that's alright) younger
sister speaking: tokasni ksto
 
            to-ka-sh-ni yelo/ksto
 
tokasni:  that's alright
yelo/ksto:  male and female gender endings
 
anpetu waste yuha po (have a good day)
 
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director Lakota Language Institute
Oglala Lakota College