Lakota Language Forum - Lakȟól’iya Owáakhiye Othí

... Wičháša waŋ wawóptetušni čha iȟpéya uŋkíyayapi čha úŋ líla ičháŋteuŋšičape ló. Johnson Íŋyaŋ Wakȟáŋ ečíyapi. Líla oȟ’áŋwašte, waúŋšila na wawókiye ló. Waŋná makȟášinakiye ló, éyaš óhiŋniyaŋ taŋtáŋyaŋ kiksúya uŋk’úŋpi kte ló. Ičhíŋ taŋtáŋyaŋ waéčhawičhakičuŋ ...

... ahí yuŋkȟáŋ núŋpa-čhaŋ k’uŋ héhaŋ waákisniya kiŋ čhaŋté aphíkičičhiyapi, kȟáŋ záptaŋ phiyá ikȟóyagkičičhiyapi. Wičháša kiŋ lé Ben Black Bear Jr. ečíyapi na Lakȟól’iyapi kiŋ lé glukínipi kiŋ ečhíyataŋhaŋ líla ȟčiŋ škíŋčiyiŋ na wawókiye s’a. Waŋná owáyazaŋ othí waŋ ektá ȟpáyiŋ na owáhečheča áya ...

... with unsuitable examples. For instance, on page 56 (5th grade), the description of the stative verb affixes ma- and ni- is illustrated on the verb ečíyapi ‘to be called by a name’ . This word is not a stative verb but a passive participle created from an active verb. Long grammar explanations put ...