From: Brian Charging Cloud [bchargingcloud@olc.edu]
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007
To: 'allstaff@olc.edu'; 'allstudents@olc.edu'
Subject: lakota iyapi

Mitakuyepi (all my relatives)

 

Here is daily e-mail in Lakota

 

1.  Tokiya la hwo/he? (where are you going?) pronunciation: to-kee-ya la hwo? (male) to-kee-ya la he? (female)

 

tokiya:  where

la:  are you going? Question

 

2.  Tanyan yahi yelo/ksto:  ( I am glad you came) pronunciation: tan-yan ya-hee yelo (male) tan-yan ya hee ksto (female)

 

tanyan: glad/well/good

yahi:  you came

 

3.  Tanyan icanu yelo/ksto: (you did well/good) tan-yan ee-cha-noo yelo (male) tan-yan ee-cha-noo ksto (female)

 

tanyan:  glad/well/good

icanu:  you did    can also be spell: ecanu

 

suggestions are welcome…….karen, pilamayaye yelo for your phonics/phonetics help.

 

Anpetu waste yuha po

 

Bryan Charging Cloud

Director, Lakota Language Institute