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Mitakuyepi (all my relatives)
Here is daily e-mail in Lakota
1. Male speaker: cante wasteya
nape ciyuzapi yelo (I
shake your hands
with a good heart)
female
speaker: cante wasteya
nape ciyuza pe
cante: heart
wasteya: good way
nape: hand (nape ciyuzapi) shake hands with all
yelo: male gender ending
pe: female gender ending
2. male speaker: wopila heca
yelo (thank you to all)
female
speaker: wopila heca ksto
wopila heca: thank you
to all
yelo and ksto: male and
female gender endings
anpetu waste yuha po (have a good day)
Bryan Charging Cloud
Director Lakota Language Institute
Orlala Lakota College
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