Despite final exams, we will meet this week at the usual time and place. Agenda: Will we meet next week (just before the jarkunveno in St. Louis)? Will we meet over the summer? Conversation in Esperanto!
My brother just translated a brief excerpt from Hodgman’s book (at his request). Read all about it: John Hodgman Spertulo Ankaŭ pri Esperanto (in Esperanto)
Topics: Does everyone feel ready for the jarkunveno in St. Louis? About the email to the group from Germann Esperantist Stephan Mayer, who will visit Illinois during June, July and August, and is searching for places to spend the night. Two songs selected by Jack that we’ll read, understand, and listen to. Whatever else comes [...]
Note: Beginning today we’ll be meeting in a new room: 1046 (still in the Foreign Language Building). If that room’s occupied, we’ll just pick some nearby classroom to use instead.
During the last meeting, Darcy mentioned the word gufo as the Esperanto word for “owl,” which surprised me because I knew word for owl as strigo. So, I checked into the two words. First, I checked the Universala Vortaro, to verify that both words really are fundamenta: strig’ hibou | owl | Eule | сова [...]
At yesterday’s meeting, I suggested that we create a list of questions that people might ask at the jarkunveno. Questions like: What is your name? Where are you from? What do you do? I asked everyone to send a couple of questions to the Esperanto_Champaign list. For next meeting I’ll make a list and we [...]
About ten people attended the five day affair. Perhaps half were beginners; the others were already members of our new local group. We had two goals. First, to raise the level of Esperanto ability of the beginners enough that they would be able to fully participate in the regular meetings. Second, to enable the students [...]
Because of Esperanto week, today’s meeting will take place in room 1046 (where the class has been going on). Next week we’ll return to the regular room.
The East-Central Illinois Esperanto Club is joining Esperanto@UIUC in holding a one-week intensive course in Esperanto. Come and spend an hour a day for five days (March 30th to April 3rd at 5:00 each day in room 1046 in the Foreign Language Building) learning the international language. We’ll cover grammar, vocabulary, and basic conversational skills. [...]
Because it will be spring break at the University of Illinois, the meeting that would normally take place on March 25th has been cancelled.