ogná naíŋš....

[Kyle]

Mitákuyepi,

Hékta oáphe waŋží k’uŋ héhaŋ waúŋspe omnáye kiŋ wahí na KILI anáwaǧoptaŋ.

naíŋš

Hékta oáphe waŋží k’uŋ héhaŋ waúŋspe omnáye kiŋ na ogná KILI anáwaǧoptaŋ.

Which is the best way to say "An hour ago I went on the computer and listened to KILI."

philámayaye,

Kyle

[Kevin]

Mitákuyepi,

Hékta oáphe waŋží k’uŋ héhaŋ waúŋspe omnáye kiŋ wahí na KILI anáwaǧoptaŋ.

naíŋš

Hékta oáphe waŋží k’uŋ héhaŋ waúŋspe omnáye kiŋ na ogná KILI anáwaǧoptaŋ.

Which is the best way to say "An hour ago I went on the computer and listened to KILI."

philámayaye,

Kyle

You can just leave out the na "and". Your sentence would be "An hour ago I listened to KILI on the computer".
Hékta oapȟe waŋží k’uŋ héhaŋ wóuŋspe omnáye ogná KILI anáwaǧoptaŋ.
Notice also that it is wóuŋspe not waúŋspe.
Or if you want it to be more complicated and less like everday conversation which is full of shortcuts even in English you could say.
Hékta oápȟe waŋží k’uŋ héhaŋ wóuŋspe omnáye mitȟáwa kiŋ itȟókab íblotakiŋ na wópazo waŋ KILI Radio etáŋhaŋ naǧóyapi čha anáǧoptaŋ maŋké.

[mitchmiye]

I think the question that needs to be answered, specifically in regards to the concept of watching or listening to TV/radio, is which is more in line with Lakota thinking (not English thinking)...

1) to listen/watch something "ON" (akáŋl) the radio/TV
or
2) to listen/watch something "THROUGH" (ogná) the radio/TV

I learned that ogná was used mostly to describe this concept, but further clarification would be helpful

Wóphila,
Mitch

[NancyD]

Hi Mitch,

I looked up the word "ogná" on the online New Lakota Dictionary, and you are
correct when you said it should be "ogná".

Here is an example of a sentence the O-NLD gives:

Haŋhpépi Tȟuŋkášilayapi kiŋ T.V. ogná hiyú. = Last night the President was on T.V.


Thanks,
Nancy

[jdshearer]

Wakšiča naiŋš čhiŋšká tákuni gluhá wahí šni.

James

[Daniel]

Háu, mitákuyepi !

I like a lot Kevin's sentence :

Hékta oápȟe waŋží k’uŋ héhaŋ wóuŋspe omnáye mitȟáwa kiŋ itȟókab íblotakiŋ na wópazo waŋ KILI Radio etáŋhaŋ naǧóyapi čha anáǧoptaŋ maŋké.

It is a bit complicated but I'll try to translate it :

An hour ago I sat down in front of my computer and I stayed listening to a show from KILI Radio that they made an audio recording of.

I hope my English is not too bad...

Tókša akhé,

Daniel

[Kyle]

Kevin heyé,
You can just leave out the na "and". Your sentence would be "An hour ago I listened to KILI on the computer".
Hékta oapȟe waŋží k’uŋ héhaŋ wóuŋspe omnáye ogná KILI anáwaǧoptaŋ.
Notice also that it is wóuŋspe not waúŋspe.
Or if you want it to be more complicated and less like everday conversation which is full of shortcuts even in English you could say.
Hékta oápȟe waŋží k’uŋ héhaŋ wóuŋspe omnáye mitȟáwa kiŋ itȟókab íblotakiŋ na wópazo waŋ KILI Radio etáŋhaŋ naǧóyapi čha anáǧoptaŋ maŋké.

Philámayaya, Keviŋ. I like the short and sweet version! Hékta oapȟe waŋží k’uŋ héhaŋ wóuŋspe omnáye ogná KILI anáwaǧoptaŋ.

Kyle

[Jana]

Just to add my two cents, and to bring the word akáŋl to the correct context:

Check akáŋl in the dictionary, it is on in very physical, areal meaning: upon, on the outside, on top, on the surface. This would mean Kyle sitting on top of her computer listening to KILI radio.

There was one example sentence - Pahá waŋ akáŋl íyotake. = He sat down on a hill. - which made me think of Paha, sitting down on a hill: Pahá pahá waŋ akáŋl íyotake.

Tókša akhé!
Jana lé miyé. Oákaŋke waŋ akáŋl maŋké kštó.