Learn your Formal Introduction!
Formal Introductions are used to introduce yourself in Lakota. They are used to develop kinship and let others know who you are and where you come from.
Below is the structure for a formal introduction
1. Greeting!
2. Handshake
3. Name
4. Where you are from
5. Where you live
6. Age
7. How long you have learned Lakota
8. Your parents name
1. Haŋ mitákuyepi!
2. Čhaŋté waštéya napéčhiyuzapi
3. Emirra emáčiyapi
4. Rapid City emátaŋhaŋ
5. Brookings el wathí
6. Waníyetu wikčémna manúŋpa
7. Waníyetu yámni hehaŋyaŋ lakȟótiya uŋspémič’ičiye
8. Iná Leona ečíyapi na Até Quintrell ečíyapi
1. Hello my relatives!
2. I shake your hand with a happy heart
3. My name is Emirra
4. I am from Rapid City, SD
5. I live in Brookings, SD
6. I am twenty years old
7. I have been learning Lakota for three years
8. My mom's name is Leona and my dad's name is Quintrell