Your Italian friend has invited you over for dinner with her extended family. You’re excited to practice all of the Italian language that you’ve learned from ItalianPod101.com but you’re having trouble with the names. First there was your friend’s sisters, Guiseppe and Alessandro. Then there was Guiseppe’s wife Bianca, and their children, Antonio, Tizio and Caio. Then you were introduced to Alessandro’s sons Alessandro junior, Mario, Carmelo and little Anna Maria. Next came sisters Carmela, Francesca, and Rita, Carmela’s friend Paolo, Francesca’s husband Sergio and Sergio’s brother Luigi, Rita’s husband Vincenzo and their lovely twins…
If you have trouble remembering the names of all the Italian people you meet, don’t worry. You’re not on your own. But in today’s free lesson you’ll at least learn a little bit about two names, Andrea and Elena. After listening to today’s mp3, at the very least, if you are introduced in Italian to someone named “Andrea” you’ll be able to reply, “oh yes, from the ancient Greek proper noun “Andréas”, an abbreviation of andròs, that meaning “man, masculine individual, warrior, sturdy man”.
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