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... stuff that you really do need like wáŋ,waŋží,waŋžíni,eyá,etáŋ,tákuni and a few more things.Nobody understands everything immediately so don't stress out or give yourself a hard time or your friends,teacher or the language!!!Jan said the 3 rules of language learning are repeat, review and reinforce ...

... book by Albert White Hat (Reading & Writing the Lakota language) uses a consistent and reliable orthography (except that it does not mark word stress, an important feature of Lakota pronunciation). Anyone who learns the spelling used in the New Lakota Dictionary will have no problem reading ...

... Too often I think I've learned a new word, but when I come to use it I can't remember whether there is aspiration or not, where exactly is the stress - but with this innovation I'll be able to add a friendly voice to my mental data-base and make fewer spelling mistakes. (Well, that's the plan!) ...

... what is being said!) would be very encouraging. It would help to reinforce spelling because we would hear the unique Lakota sounds and notice the stress. To sum up, NLD-O is an invaluable on-line learning resource. Together with LLC it is already leading the way in the revitalization of the Lakota ...

... our comments with NLD or Forum references. Often there is only one thing in a post that needs improvement, it might only be incorrect or missing stress, a wrong conjugation, or even a simple typo. And as we continue to learn, a sentence might just "look wrong". Then we can analyze it ...

... Bear that it's important to have a unified way of writing the Lakȟóta language. I like the way the NLD has the accent on the vowels to help with stress and using the Lakȟóta alphabet with letters like š,ž,ǧ,ȟ. This helps me to pronounce the words the way they should be pronounced. Mr. Black Bear ...

... and the listening activities numbered 1-20 in this forum section. Your typing will be considered correct only if the appropriate diacritics and stress marks are present (as well as aspirations marked with h and ȟ). [quiz_init:34yj2jpz][/quiz_init:34yj2jpz] 1. http://lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/download/quizzes/aguyapi.mp3 ...

Level 2 textbook, page 12 Listen to the audio and click one of the two options for marking stress on each word: http://lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/download/quizzes/01-15.mp3 1: turkey buzzard héča hečá 2: pelican blóza blozá 3: squirrel zíča zičá 4: badger ȟóka ȟoká ...

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 meaning of words. ...

... and Fonts bundle We are also hoping to be able to enhance the programming of the two keyboards in such a way that would partly automate adding stress marks to words during typing. We do not yet know for sure if we can program this but so far it is looking promissing (mainly because Kostya Chmielnicky ...

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