Owá tókheča he? What color is it? (free coloring book)
Owá tókheča he? What color is it? is a Dakhóta coloring book illustrated by Marlena Myles with Dakhóta by Dawí. You are free to download for personal/classroom use only.
Glossary
Owá tókheča he?
What color is it?
Dakhóta sentence structure and literal translation in English:
Singular
Dakhóta: (Object) kiŋ dé (color) .
English: (Object) this is (color) .
Plural
Dakhóta: (Objects) kiŋ dená (color) .
English: (Objects) these are (color)* .
*The Dakhóta word k’a means and in English is used when including more than one object or colors in a sentence. See pages 3, 4, and 6 as examples.
Owá (colors)
Objects
Page waŋži:
Owá tókheča he?
What color is it?
Wažúšteča kiŋ dená šašá.
These strawberries are red.
Page núŋpa:
Owá tókheča he?
What color is it?
Thatháŋka kiŋ dé ǧí.
This buffalo is brown.
Page yámni:
Owá tókheča he?
What color is it?
Kimámna kiŋ dé šazí k’a sápa.
This butterfly is orange and black.
Page tópa:
Owá tókheča he?
What color is it?
Hnašká k’a pheží kiŋ dená thothó.
The frog and grass are green.
Page záptaŋ:
Owá tókheča he?
What color is it?
Mní kiŋ dé thó, máȟpíya kiŋ dé ȟóta.
This water is blue, this cloud is grey.
Page šákpe:
Owá tókheča he?
What color is it?
Waȟčá kiŋ dená ǧitká, zí k’a stáŋ.
These flowers are pink, yellow and purple.
Page šakówiŋ:
Wíhmuŋke kiŋ dé owá tókheča he?
What color is this rainbow?
Dé ša, šazí, zí, thothó, thó, stáŋ, nína thó.
It’s red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.
Wasu wiyan de miye. I am second generation Dakota, my late Ina was Dakota and she married a shahea. I am trying to learn and speak short sentences to my grandchildren so they will have the urge in them to learn also. She spoke to me as much as she could when we both realized the importance of knowing this language which was too late in age. This I need.
This is the best gift I have gotten in a while during these upsetting past few years.
Thank You!
This is Amazing!! Great work .
Awesome materials…please make more.