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Re: The word Sioux

... actually we write "un Sioux" (= a Sioux / one Sioux), not "un Siou". So that makes it a word already ending with a X at its singular form. Therefore it cannot be part of that list as an 8th entry! I hope this answers your question, Nancy. :rose: To the rest of you, sorry ...
by GnaskaGleska1
August 17th, 2017, 12:33 am
 
Forum: Wótȟaŋiŋ na yaótȟaŋiŋpi - NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Topic: The word Sioux
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Re: The word Sioux

... To pluralize a noun in French is by adding an S at the end, just like in English or in Spanish. We do have a few nouns, 7 to be precise, whose singular form ends in -ou, and to which you add an X instead of a S to make the plural. Seven words only! So, with Sioux that would make 8. And why ...
by NancyD
August 16th, 2017, 4:03 pm
 
Forum: Wótȟaŋiŋ na yaótȟaŋiŋpi - NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Topic: The word Sioux
Replies: 4
Views: 61465

The word Sioux

... To pluralize a noun in French is by adding an S at the end, just like in English or in Spanish. We do have a few nouns, 7 to be precise, whose singular form ends in -ou, and to which you add an X instead of a S to make the plural. Seven words only! So, with Sioux that would make 8. And why ...
by GnaskaGleska1
January 16th, 2017, 3:22 am
 
Forum: Wótȟaŋiŋ na yaótȟaŋiŋpi - NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Topic: The word Sioux
Replies: 4
Views: 61465

NLD-O back online (version 3.0)

... 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 ...
by admin
March 19th, 2013, 5:26 am
 
Forum: Wótȟaŋiŋ na yaótȟaŋiŋpi - NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Topic: NLD-O back online (version 3.0)
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REVIEW - Lakota textbooks by AISRI, Indiana University

... 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, ...
by admin
April 11th, 2011, 11:16 am
 
Forum: Wótȟaŋiŋ na yaótȟaŋiŋpi - NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Topic: REVIEW - Lakota textbooks by AISRI, Indiana University
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INSTANT DICTIONARY (NLD-I)

... 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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February 13th, 2011, 3:12 am
 
Forum: Wótȟaŋiŋ na yaótȟaŋiŋpi - NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Topic: INSTANT DICTIONARY (NLD-I)
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Re: 1st ANNIVERSARY of the Lakota Language Forum

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 ...
by John Vander Veer
December 15th, 2009, 7:43 am
 
Forum: Wótȟaŋiŋ na yaótȟaŋiŋpi - NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Topic: 1st ANNIVERSARY of the Lakota Language Forum
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Lakota textbooks by German and French authors

... Krüger: Lakota Tamakoce, Das Land der Lakota, Lakota für Anfänger II (2003) Martin Krüger: Lakota Verbtabellen - die wichtigsten Lakota-Verben im Singular und Plural ist beim SPIRIT STAR Verlag in Ratingen erschienen. These materials are problematic for a number of reasons. Most significantly, ...
by admin
September 24th, 2009, 9:46 am
 
Forum: Wótȟaŋiŋ na yaótȟaŋiŋpi - NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Topic: Lakota textbooks by German and French authors
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