Mitakuyepi (all my relatives)

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1. male speaker: htayetu kin osni kte lo (it will be cold this evening)
female speaker: htayetu kin osni kte ksto

            h-ta-ye-too (guttural H) o-snee)

htayetu: evening
kin: the
osni: cold
kte: will
lo: male gender ending
ksto: female gender ending

2. male speaker: tokiya ni kta hwo? (where are you going?) female
speaker: tokiya ni kta he?

            toe-kee-ya

tokiya: where
ni: you
kta: when/will (intention)
hwo: male gender ending question
he: female gender ending question

3. male speaker: tohanl yau kta hwo? (when are you coming?) female
speaker: tohanl yau kta he?

tohanl: when
yau: are you coming
kta: when/will(intention)
hwo: male gender ending question
he: female gender ending question

anpetu waste yuha po (have a good day)

Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute
Oglala Lakota College: