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... head. He didn't eat. Tears splashed down into the plate.” And then, in typical Oscar fashion, he went outside and burned down the outhouse! What a boy! And later…What a man! He, modest as always, would not want me to list his accomplishments, but he was a world traveler, a linguist for the Air ...

... Listen to the audio track and select the correct word (Level 2 textbook, page 46) http://lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/download/quizzes/04-08.mp3 1: boy hokšíla ȟokšíla 2: mountain hé ȟé 3: heron hokȟá ȟokȟá 4: badger hoká ȟoká 5: leg hú ȟú 6: shoes háŋpa ȟáŋpa 7: flower wahčá waȟčá 8: kingfisher ...

... red-winged blackbird wáblosa wábloša 5: lark bunting wábloska wábloška 6: rice psíŋ pšíŋ 7: onion psíŋ pšíŋ 8: eyes istá ištá 9: arm istó ištó 10: boy hoksíla hokšíla 11: seven sakówiŋ šakówiŋ 12: rattlesnake siŋtéȟla šiŋtéȟla 13: apple tȟaspáŋ tȟašpáŋ 14: pig khukhúse khukhúše 15: muskrat siŋkpȟé ...

... or less equivalent to their English counterparts. As such they are not difficult for students whose first language is English. b sounds like b in boy , as in bébela baby l sounds like l in lamp , as in lowáŋ to sing m sounds like m in map , as in matȟó bear n sounds like n in nap , as in napé ...

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8. Lakota h and ȟ

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20. l, m, n, b, w, y