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Subject: lakota iyapi
Mitakuyepi (all my
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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
Director, Lakota Language Institute