Han! Anpetu waste! Wopila for letting me join your group, na Constantine, wopila for your instructions. Lynnette emaciyape na before I pepper everyone with...
Hau Lynnette , Tanyan yau welo! I'm non-fluent non-Native, but I dare try to comment your post. Other comments are welcome. This eGroup is for learning, so I...
I do hate to digress (but I guess that is what this site is for!) but I would like to understand what a "reflexive verb" is. Wopila tanka -- CetanPeter ... ...
Han Lynnette, Yahi kin le lila was^te! Tuktel yathi he? Bristol UK el wathi. Unci hemacha, waniyetu wikcemna s^akpe amakhes^aglogan. This is the very best...
Hello CetanPeter, ... reflexive verb is a verb whose "subject" and "object" are one and the same person: John Mary washte-lake - John likes Mary John...
Hello Nina, Wednesday, March 1, 2006, 10:25:02 PM, you wrote: NW> Kostya, I have a question of my own:Lynnetteasked: NW> 2. How would you express possesion...
Hau Lynnette , Tanyan yau welo! Wopila! I'm non-fluent non-Native, but I dare try to comment your post. Other comments are welcome. This eGroup is for...
... divide the text into three paragraphs, translating as I go. [N.B. Translation will be somewhat free - It is impossible to be literal, IMHO, with a language...
Mitakuyepi, Phew! That took more out of me than I'd expected - feels like I've gone 10 rounds with "Rocky" Marciano! It was fun though, but now I'll have a few...
It makes my heart happy to read things from here although i do have difficulty seeking the words to speak; and the long messages take for ever to translate...
Hello Lynnette, Thursday, March 2, 2006, 6:29:20 PM, you wrote: LB> Whoops! Spelling mistake - I make too many. Should be wau: LB> Lel wau slolyewacin: I have...
I forgot to mention the reflexive form for ya- verbs: igla- (migla-). I said "eight instrumental prefixes" because na- originates from two different...
... Hau Lynnette, okay then ;-) "Malakota liglila waste sni ye..." I assume that you wanted to express "My lakota is not too good". right? You actually wrote...
It's been awhile since I have posted anything so I thought I would do a re-introduction and attempt it in Lakota this time, as the first time I introduced...
Hau Cheryl. Small remarks: na wakanyeja mitawa kin Alex, Jesse na Crystal ewicunciyapi. --I guess it should be either ewicakiyapi or ewicaciyapi. Lakotiyapi...
Hello Alfred, ... I know that Violet Catches, from Cheyenne River, uses ye always, I guess that this is individual trait, but also perhaps Cheyenne River tends...
I think that my transcription of that Lakota sentence used by the native speaker probably should be : "Lakot(i)a unmaspe kte sni, Lakot(i)a omaya(kiya)ke kte...
Hau mitakuyepi, Well here it is a nice quiet sunny Sunday morning (The day's not too hot yet), so it seems an ideal time to complete that translation of our...
My religious studies classes actually calls the story of Sussanah and Daniel the ³first courtroom drama.² This is the first tale in which we see witnesses...
Hello Steve, Thanks for that knowledgeable & perceptive comment, friend. The Presumption of Innocence, eh? What a great principle! On a personal note, I must...
I just looked it up. It¹s John, 8:1-11. It¹s interesting, for I thought that Jesus was coming upon a group of people who were stoning the woman. But it...
... Wow, we're drowning in snow, traffic is down. Yesterday night, one of our trees broke down (lying half across the street); nobody got injured. We were busy...
Hello kedves barátom Alfred! Sounds pretty inclement there in Deutchland! I think you'd better migrate down here to us, eh? ;D Yes, we are having a fairly...
Mikola Clive, kedves barát, I really appreciate your subtle humor, since we (my wife and me) actually are being invited to Australia over and over again by my...
2 questions here: Just to clarify, the infix 'wicu' = "we ourselves"; & 'wica'= "they themselves". Is this right? 2nd, is the difference between ewicaKIapi and...
Wow! Lila wopila Kostya! Thanks to your vocabulary list no one is going to be able to find hide nor hair of me for the next week (or so!) - I will be away...
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