How to use demonstrative pronouns in Lakota

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Lakota demonstrative pronouns : this

Demonstrative pronouns are used with nouns to make them more specific. The English demonstrative pronoun 'this' is 'lé' in Lakota.

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lé wičíŋčala kiŋ

this girl

lé wičáša kiŋ

this man

lé wíŋyaŋ kiŋ

this woman

lé hokšíla kiŋ

this boy

lé tȟaspáŋ kiŋ

this apple

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The name for the language in Lakota is Lakȟótiyapi. If you are planning on doing some travelling, learning Lakota would be a great way to make the most of your trip.

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Thečhíȟila.

I love you.

Híŋháŋni laȟčiŋ!

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Step 6 : Lakota demonstrative pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns are used to refer to specific objects and their locations. In English, this would be the words this and these to refer to objects which are near and that and those to refer to objects which are further away. Using the nouns wówapi, oákaŋke and thiyópa (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use the demonstrative pronouns with each of these nouns (this book, that chair, these doors). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Lakota demonstrative pronouns including useful examples. After you've learned to use the Lakota demonstrative pronouns with the nouns wówapi, oákaŋke and thiyópa and the plural nouns wówapi, oákaŋke and thiyópa you can move on to Step 7 (Lakota adjectives).

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