Hello all Can someone help me about the word bite and how it is used. I'm trying to translate a short story from english to Lakota it is about a
snake biting a...
wopila Maybe in few days I will post the story on the board, and ask people for
advice, probably will be all with red markers, oh, at least I'm trying. I...
Hello, Leila! ... I'm called Leila = Leila emaciyapi [eh-MAH-chee-yah-pee] I live in LA = LA ekta wati [ek-TAH wah-TEE] I am a ... = ... hemacha [heh-MAH-chah]...
July 5, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more Info: Lakota Student Alliance PO Box 225 Kyle, SD 57752 lakotastudentalliance@... Press Statement LAKOTA...
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7627 Human footprints discovered beside an ancient Mexican lake have been dated to 40,000 years ago. If the finding...
Hello my name is Brian Higgins. Iam a Siha Sapa Lakota from Findlay Ohio. 28 year old. Iam working on a Website called Natives_Online. I would like to ask you ...
Hello Brian Higgins, I am Constantine Chmielnicki, a co-founder of this eGroup. Frankly, I don't know how to link to your site other than from "Links" part - ...
I would like to chat and/or e-mail with singles and other people from the Fort Peck region of Montana http://imt.net/~kruzndog I am currently in Maine USA ...
I'm writing a prayer (prayer in the Native sense) to say before I speak my vows at my upcoming wedding. I was hoping that some speakers could help me make sure...
Hello Leila Thank you for the first question about Lakhota grammar in this year :-) The problem with the pronouns is that they are rarely expressed with...
Hau hankashi, (hankashi = female cousin of a male, male cousin of a female is shic'eshi) //Thank you very much - is that lila pilamayaye? --yes, it is, another...
My 6 year old daughter Ariel lives on the Fort Peck reservation in Montana. Would anyone tell me the correct Lakota words to say when I I want to call her "my...
That kind of depends on where she is in the birth order. I she your oldest daughter? ... Thank you for everything and everyone. I have no complaints...
Hello Gregan, This is what I think (and I stand to be corrected) when speaking to your daughter you should address her as chuNkshi', i.e with nasalized U, and...
Han Could someone tell me in what order nouns and adjectives are placed in Lakhota? i.e. if you were to say a good book, or a yellow horse, which way round...
hau leila! the adj. comes aftr the noun : as in "good book" you would say "wowapi waste" wowapi=book and waste=good the same would apply to the phrase...
Hinnani Waste, I greet my fellow Lakota speakers with a warm handshake. I come from Pine Ridge Reservation (Eagle Nest District). My tiospaye are the ...
Hi, I am a white guy who lives in Vegas. I have three questions about Lakhota: 1. I was just wondering about how exactly "Mitakuye Oyasin" is pronounced. (as...
Hello Okamahime, Thank you for your interesting questions. I am a white guy living in Moscow, Russia. I think I can answer your grammar questions, leaving the...
When I lived in South Dakota (The Sioux Empire) someone noted the prominence of what is called 'the gerund' in English syntax in some native languages as for...
Hello Gregan, Saturday, July 23, 2005, 5:13:16 PM, you wrote: GW> When I lived in South Dakota (The Sioux Empire) someone noted the GW> prominence of what is...
Han I wonder if someone may help to rectify some confusion I have relating to Lakhota grammar? In Albert White Hat's book there are is a sentence: HihaNna ki...
I need some honest help please... My fiance is returning from Iraq soon. I was wondering if you guys could help me with some phrases and poems of love in the...
Hi, I'd like to know the word for a male friend of a woman. Is there a word for the leader of a sweat lodge? I'd also like to know the word for brother as in...
Hello Kitty, Sunday, July 31, 2005, 12:15:46 PM, you wrote: k> I'd like to know the word for a male friend of a woman. Is there a k> word for the leader of a...
Hi Kitty, I would also use the terms for relationship to the spirits very carefully. To say that the spirit of Mouse is Tibloya - is to say that you have...