Gente,

November meetup is a free conversation meetup - a chance for everyone to practice!
It's a Bate-Papo!

We have a change of venue this month. Ana Brasil is not able to accomodate us in November due to events at the store.

We are meeting at the following location -

Milwood Branch - Austin Public Library
12500 Amherst Dr.,
Austin, TX 78727
(512) 974-9880

There is a meeting room there that I have reserved....
This place is just a few hundred feet down the street from Cool River.

ALSO - We have had many people who want to have an additional meetup per month.
We will look to start this in January. Right now with holidays it is very difficult to get people to commit to a meeting. We can discuss, however, whether we want to meet somewhere in December to celebrate the holiday season....

Please RSVP !!!!

We look forward to seeing you all on November 17 at the Library!!!!

David M.
Ameriúcho

We're having a hot summer, not only for temperature but for Portuguese!

During the last two summers we haven't held meetups, but this year we're in business.

We celebrate 3 years of meetups at Ana Brasil this month, as the first meetup was held there in July 2006.

Come out for a "bate-papo" and polish your language skills.

I hope to see everyone there!

OBS:
Thanks to Carlos Machado, who has been leading our meetings, I have several great links to pass to you
so you can work on your Portuguese in your spare time.

These are good links:

http://aurelio.ig.com.br/dicaureliopos/listaVerbetes.asp?ID=-1

http://michaelis.uol.com.br/

http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/ Definitions in several languages.

http://www.priberam.pt/dlpo/definir_resultados.aspx This is a Portuguese site that is up to date according to the orthographic changes that will take place in 2012 to all eight Portuguese-speaking countries (Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Portugal, Timor Leste, Moçambique, São Tomé e Príncipe, e Guiné-Bissau)
http://www.cplp.org/Estados-membros.aspx?ID=22

http://www.myetymology.com/

http://intervox.nce.ufrj.br/%7Eedpaes/index.html
Comments on Brazilian Portuguese grammar and usage.

Books that teach Portuguese language in a relaxing and funny way:
Livros que ensinam português de forma agradável, e informal:

http://www.editoras.com/rocco/022147.htm

Português Com o Professor Pasquale. It is a series of booklets. Each booklet is dedicated to a topic, such as verbs, accentuation, orthography and so on. Many of the focused topics can be found at http://www.tvcultura.com.br/aloescola/linguaportuguesa/

For formal study of Portuguese grammar:
Para estudo “formal” da gramática portuguesa:

Nova Gramática Do Português Contemporâneo – Author: Celso Cunha – Publisher: Lexikon. http://www.lexikon.com.br/ This publisher is specialized in books on Portuguese Language.
Gramática Normativa da Língua Portuguesa – Author: Rocha Lima -Publisher: Editora José Olympio http://www.joseolympio.com.br/resultado_busca.asp?criterio=Gram%E1tica+Normativa+da+L%EDngua+Portuguesa&campo=Ds_titulo&x=14&y=13
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Ate +,
David M.

Oi Gente,

Vamos combinar novamente!

Let's get together for more Portuguese practice and "bate-papo".

We'll meet from 6:30 - 8 p.m. at Ana Brasil. 7817 Rockwood Lane.
Phone number there is 697-9863.

Topic - is there some thing you are unsure of with Portuguese? Use of prepositions? Verbs?
Subjunctives? Expressions? Bring your questions, let's work on them!

See you there...

David M.

Alo Gente,

Time to meet up again to practice our Portuguese!
Let's meet Tuesday, March 24, 6:30 - 8 p.m. at Ana Brasil.

Last time we had people tell something about themselves in Portuguese, some story, some thing.

This time, suggestion - pick a topic, any topic, you are interested in and be prepared to speak a little bit about it in Portuguese.

Also - I plan to bring chimmarao to share. If you don't know what that is, you are in for a treat....

Ate a reuniao....

David M.