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Lakota Language FORUM
Grammar Rules and Exercises
On this page I would like to explain some of the grammar rules of Lakhota language
and offer exercises to practice them.
The grammar explanations and exercises go step by step, so if you are a beginner it is best to go without skipping.
Starter
Lakhota alphabet
Oral vowels (a, e, i, o, u)
Nasalized vowels (aŋ, iŋ, uŋ)
Oral versus nasal vowels
Stress
The sounds w and y
The sound "l"
The sounds s, š, z, ž
The sound ĥ
The sound ğ
Lakhota stops - introduction
Plain (unaspirated) stops (č, k, p, t)
h-aspirated stops (čh, kh, ph, th)
ĥ-aspirated stops (kĥ, pĥ, tĥ)
Glottalized stops (č’, k’, p’, t’)
Consonant clusters bl, gm, gn, gl
Other consontant clusters
Glottal stops after consonants
Beginner level
Vocabulary quizzes
Demonstrative pronouns
Modifier
Question and negation
Yeló and kštó (statement, assertion)
Giving commands (Imperative)
Changes in vowels (summary)
Stative Verbs Conjugation
Active Verbs Conjugation
Beginner level test
Intermediate level
Object in active verbs
Vocabulary: opposites
Vocabulary: people
Advanced level
Subject and object in active verbs
Subject and object in active verbs - translation.
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(you can tell us which grammar rules you would like to exercise most)
