Lakota Language Forum - Lakȟól’iya Owáakhiye Othí

... speakers would agree that the sentence “* Olówaŋ waŋ lowáŋ” is an incorrect way of saying “He sang a song” . Such sentence would normally be heard only from a second language learner of Lakota, while fluent speakers would intuitively say “Olówaŋ waŋ ahíyaye” . The incorrectness of such cases ...

... Stone program fails to recognize this and instead gives false promises based on false assumptions. Children do not learn like adults I have heard a number of school administrators at reservation schools say that it would be great if there was a Lakota version of the Rosetta Stone program ...

... is to live among lakhota people but it is almost imposible. Do you know if the third book of the LLC is a book intended for adults? Have you ever heard something about the book "550 Dakota verbs"? Could it be a useful book? Thanks for your time and your concern. Best regards The third ...

... is to live among lakhota people but it is almost imposible. Do you know if the third book of the LLC is a book intended for adults? Have you ever heard something about the book "550 Dakota verbs"? Could it be a useful book? Thanks for your time and your concern. Best regards

... in Lakota. Object personal affixes are not introduced by the textbook series at all. This means that students cannot say “I saw you,” “He heard me,” “they are looking for us” etc. With respect to morphology the books present less than a normal curriculum should introduce at an elementary ...

... and can look up words on the spot if i need to. Sounds bites would be awesome. I found out that i was saying some words wrong because i had not heard them spoken. Overall though, the NLD-O is a great tool.

... limiting access to any learning tool has to be self-defeating. At worst it sets up something of a caste system over members. I for one have never heard of any member refusing help to anyone. It's true that as things stand now, if I understand correctly, then I personally have unlimited access ...

... . There are many very good reasons to save Lakota and other endangered languages, and it would be very useful if the readers of the New York Times heard as many opinions as possible on this issue! Thanks, Wil Meya, Executive Director Lakota Language Consortium

... the speakers in Standing Rock use the word kasáŋ ‘to shave’ (which is something that most people in Pine Ridge and Rosebud don’t use or never heard since they use kašlá or kak’óǧa ). On the other hand the southern speakers (Pine Ridge, Rosebud) say kaká for ‘grandfather’ while northern speakers ...