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

Numbers (Wóiyawa)

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.