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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hau Kodapi:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This my first time using this medium.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am not a linguist.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I teach carpentry here at cankdeska Cikana
Community College, Ft. Totten, ND.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just a few comments on wa:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wa seems to be a noun marker.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wica means human as opposed to male.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bdoka is the word for male.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I should also say I am not a native speaker
but have picked up a vocabulary living here on the rez.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Toksta ake,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Louie</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>