550 Dakota Verbs

by Harlan LaFontaine and Neil McKay

The Dakota language owes much of its expansiveness to its verbs, or action words. Yet until now, students of Dakota have had few resources in verb usage and conjugation beyond nineteenth-century dictionaries compiled by missionaries.

550 Dakota Verbs provides students of Dakota--and the Lakota and Nakota dialects--the proper conjugations for 550 verbs from adi (to step or walk on) to zo (to whistle). Compiled by Dakota language teachers and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873515242
• ISBN13: 9780873515245
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
• Length: 181 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.2"