Mitakuyepi (all my relatives)

Here is daily e-mail in Lakota

1.  who are you?  male: speaker:  nituwe hwo?  female speaker:  nituwe
he?

                                    Nee-too-we

nituwe:  who are you?
hwo and he:  male and female gender endings (question)

2.  who is that?  male: speaker:  he tuwe hwo?  female speaker:  he tuwe
he?

                                    Tu-we

he:  that
tuwe:  who is that?
hwo and he:  male and female gender endings (question)

3.  what is that?  male speaker:  he taku hwo?  female speaker:  he taku
he?

                                    Ta-ku

he:  that
taku:  (what) is that?
hwo and he:  male and female gender endings (question)

anpetu waste yuha po (have a good day)

Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute
Oglala Lakota College