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... from reading texts is the complexity of verb conjugation. For instance one cannot find the word mawáni as a dictionary entry because it the 1st singular (‘I’) form of the verb máni . The lemmatizer makes it possible to find these conjugated forms, so if you look up walówaŋ , the search result ...

... verb oyúspA (page 82 book 2) describing catching a flying object. The correct verb here is yukȟápA . An example of a morphological error is the 1st singular form of škíŋčiya given as waškíŋčiye (the correct form is škíŋmičiye ). Grammatically-incorrect constructions, including wrong postpositions, ...

... if you double-click on iblúškiŋ - you will be instantly shown the entry iyúškiŋ which is the basic word form under which iblúškiŋ (the 1st singular) belongs. The same happens when you double-click on ičháŋtemawašte . An alternative way of invoking the instant dictionary look-up is selecting ...

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Mitákuyepi, I agree completely to the opinions of the previous writers. This is such a great place to learn! It is a special forum, not only because members are discussing the language seriously, but also they treat each other in a very kind and polite way. A hearfelt thanks to those who gave us the...

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Hallo my name is Jane I.m a new member .I would like to congratulate the Lakota Language Forum for their first Anniversary ;May this be the begining of many years of Lakota Language schools .Many Blessings .Jane Mitakuye Oyasin

What are some of the things that you like about the forum? What are the positive things that the forum brought to you? I agree with Nina. Too many good things to mention and its hard to find where to start. One opinion that I have formed since I started studying - is that the online Lakota language...

What are some of the things that you like about the forum? What are the positive things that the forum brought to you? If you can, share it with the other forum members here. Since most of what I appreciate in this forum reference learning has been said by my predecessors already, I'd like to add o...

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What are some of the things that you like about the forum? What are the positive things that the forum brought to you? If you can, share it with the other forum members here. For me the Forum is invaluable because: 1. it has the highest online density of the fluent and just knowledgeable people, so...

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Háu Mitákuyepi! I think the singular most positive aspect of our Forum is that the fear of failure has been removed. At first it was very hard to post a submission knowing that I was wrong, and was that I did not possess the skills to do it right. Even though learning a language is hard and one can'...

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First Anniversary of the Lakota Language Forum One year ago today the Lakota Language Forum opened its doors for the first time. We did not know what response we might have, what interest it would create, how many people would come. But people came, and kept on coming! One year on, 851 members have...

... characters in question). Level 2 textbook: http://stores.languagepress.com/Detail.bok?no=16 3) Study pages 693 – 699 of the New Lakota Dictionary (1st edn), 747 - 753 (2nd edn). (New Lakota Dictionary: http://stores.languagepress.com/Detail.bok?no=35)

From New Lakota Dictionary (NLD), page 695 1st edn, page 749 2nd edn: Lakota has five oral vowels: a, e, i, o, u . Their pronunciation is comparable to the five “cardinal” vowels as they are realized in Spanish or Italian. All are considered “pure”; ...

From NLD, page 695 1st edn, page 749 2nd edn: There are three nasal vowels in Lakota: aŋ, iŋ, uŋ . The sounds of these vowels are comparable to, but not identical with, certain English vowels followed in the same syllable by a nasal ...

From New Lakota Dictionary (NLD) page 696 1st edn, page 750 2nd edn: Stress is an important feature of Lakota sound system. Stress is marked with acute accent diacritics above vowels: á , áŋ , é , í , íŋ , ó , ú , úŋ . Stress often impacts the ...

Stops with soft aspiration (NLD, page 697 1st edn, page 751 2nd edn) It was said in the previous chapter that PLAIN STOPS ( k, p, t ) are the most frequent kind of stops in Lakota and that students whose first language is English have to learn ...

Stops with guttural aspiration (NLD p. 697 1st edn, page 751 2nd edn) Stops with guttural aspiration are represented by two-letter symbols, or digraphs: kȟ , pȟ , tȟ . They have no English equivalent and they are best described as a merging of ...