Mitakuyepi (all my relatives)

Here is daily e-mail in Lakota

1. I shake your hands with a good heart. Male speaker: cante wasteya
nape ciyuzapi yelo. Female speaker: cante wasteya nape ciyuza pe.

            Chan-te wash-te-ya na-pe ci-yu-za pe

Cante: heart
Wasteya: good way
Nape: hand
Yelo: male gender ending
Pe: female gender ending

2. thank you to all. Male speaker: wopila heca yelo. Female speaker:
wopila heca ksto.

Wo-pi-la

Wopila: heca: thank you to all
Yelo: male gender ending
Ksto: female gender ending

Anpetu waste yuha po (have a good day)

Bryan Charging Cloud
Director, Lakota Language Institute
Oglala Lakota College