Lakota Lesson 3: The Silent Way

Third in a series--best to start with Lesson 1. The Silent Way of Lakota leaves the learning up to you. You get to make the sounds on your own. So talk as much and as often as you can during the lessons. Then turn off the sound and do the talking yourself. It's your throat that counts, not your ears.

For better practice with the sounds: http://www.alliance2k.org/daklang1/daklang1.html

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Education

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• Lakota
• Dakota
• language
• Silent Way
• rakau
• nests

[123GERMZ]

still not getting it i want to learn my language but this videos are not helping i don't understand explain what you are doing in English and in Sioux with both English and Sioux subtitles ugh i want to learn but your videos can be better .....

[girma1jo]

You're right, the videos could be better. Sometimes it helps though to recall there were no translations when learning our first language. Most of us learned to speak fluently without a teacher and without translations. How did we do that ?

Granted, the videos aren't like our home, but they do try to take what worked well there and put us in a similar situation where we can learn again (unlike almost all school language classes). Not easy at first...but no one is watching either.

[johnscottartist]

@FRANKSPEEDWAY

thanks

[FRANKSPEEDWAY]

@InfiniteMushroom yup...na-and chan zi-yellow wood. and chan sa-red wood

[FRANKSPEEDWAY]

@johnscottartist sapa

[thenatureofJade]

This method is amazing. Didn't get it at first.. but forgetting how to learn the traditional way is a good start.

[Sarkoja]

Lila washte. Pilamayaye.

[johnscottartist]

hey I missed the word for "black"?

[angelseatupward]

@123GERMZ its red its yellow its red yellow..and and and...comon...

[thedeadscientist]

you are a genius...it works

[crystalrunez]

This is so great. Thank you very much. I am getting it, and I know others can get it too. I appreciate you and your patience.