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If you like John Hodgman…

By pbrewer | Published: 2009-05-01
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)
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New room: 1046

By pbrewer | Published: 2009-04-22
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.
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The truth about the owl’s nest

By pbrewer | Published: 2009-04-17
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 [...]
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Postcards and questions

By pbrewer | Published: 2009-04-16
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 [...]
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Esperanto week was a great success

By pbrewer | Published: 2009-04-04
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 [...]
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Meet in room 1046 this week

By pbrewer | Published: 2009-04-01
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.
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Esperanto-Week

By pbrewer | Published: 2009-03-19
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. [...]
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No meeting March 25th

By pbrewer | Published: 2009-03-18
Because it will be spring break at the University of Illinois, the meeting that would normally take place on March 25th has been cancelled.
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Welcome!

By admin | Published: 2009-03-07
The East-Central Illinois Esperanto Club meets every Thursday at 5:30 PM in the University of Illinois Foreign Language building at 707 South Mathews Avenue in Urbana. Here’s a map, or look to the right for directions from your location. If you’d like to attend, but this time or location doesn’t work for you, let us [...]
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