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Impariamo lâitaliano piano piano is a story-based podcast designed for B1 to B2 Italian language learners who want to immerse themselves in engaging narratives while strengthening their grammar and vocabulary. Novices are welcome tooâbecause we take everything piano piano, one gentle step at a time.
Each episode unfolds through an ongoing story, allowing you to experience Italian in context, naturally reinforcing key structures like the imperfetto, passato prossimo, and congiuntivo. Youâll also get guided practice, interactive exercises, and cultural insights to help you think, speak, and write in Italian with more confidence.
Your host Myraâan instructional designer and passionate language learner who understands the challenges of mastering Italian as an adultâis joined by Antonio, a familiar voice youâll get to know throughout the episodes. Together, they guide you piano piano, step by step, toward greater fluency.
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In questa sessione, esploriamo alcune parole ed espressioni chiave â some words and key expressions â che troverete in Le Pagine del Passato, Capitolo 1 â La Biblioteca Antica â Parte quattro, lâepisodio finale del primo capitolo â words that youâll hear in the upcoming final part of Chapter One.
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Abbiamo raggruppato il vocabolario in categorie logiche â logical categories â che coprono (that cover) il linguaggio legale, le emozioni, la vita quotidiana â grouped into categories of legal language, emotions, daily life, e persino il tempo atmosferico and even the weather.
Come sempre, ascolterete le parole nel loro contesto, farete pratica con esercizi di richiamo attivo e vi metterete alla prova con un mini quiz alla fine di ogni sezione.
(As always, youâll hear the words in context, practice with active recall exercises, and test yourself with a mini quiz at the end of each section.)
Myra: Mettetevi comodo, fate un bel respiroâŚ
(Make yourselves comfortable, take a deep breath)
Antonio: Ah, finalmente! Ă ora di riscaldare la voce e risvegliare la mente!
(Ah, finally! It's time to warm up the voice and awaken the mind!)
Myra: Yes⌠yes, as Antonio saysâletâs warm up our voices and wake up our minds!
Antonio: âNel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita, mi ritrovai per una selva oscuraâŚâ
Myra: Okay, Dante! Thatâs maybe a bit too far for today⌠Letâs not get lost in the woods just yet.
How about we start with our first category: Legal & Official Matters.
Category 1: Legal & Official Matters
Contextual Introduction
When someone passes away, their testamento must be read by a lawyer at a studio legale.
The daughter may receive a formal letter stating that she is kindly invitata to attend the lettura del testamento, where she finds out what has been left behind.
Completely in Italian
Myra: Antonio â over to you⌠Completamente in italiano, lentamente per favore.
Quando qualcuno viene a mancare, il suo testamento deve essere letto da un avvocato in uno studio legale.
La figlia può ricevere una lettera formale che dice che è gentilmente invitata a partecipare alla lettura del testamento, dove scoprirà cosa le è stato lasciato.
Myra: E ora a velocitĂ normale, per favore.
(Antonio repeats the contextual Introduction at normal speed)
Myra: Letâs go over some key words you just heard. Iâll say them in Englishâsee if you can come up with the Italian.
Active Recall Exercise
- What is the Italian word for "will"? â testamento
- How do you say "law firm" in Italian? â studio legale
- What phrase means "reading of the will"? â lettura del testamento
- What is the feminine singular word for "invited"? â invitata
Perfetto. Now letâs move onto the mini quiz! Iâll ask the questions in English. Try to answer in Italian before Antonio gives you the correct response.
Mini Quiz
- "The reading of the will is on Friday." â La lettura del testamento è venerdĂŹ.
- "She is kindly invited to the reading of the will.â â Ă gentilmente invitata alla lettura del testamento.
- "The lawyer read the will." â Lâavvocato ha letto il testamento.
- "The lawyer works at a law firm." â Lâavvocato lavora in uno studio legale.
đ Grammar Notes â Legal & Official Matters
- testamento â Masculine noun; legal document declaring wishes after death.
- studio legale â Compound noun; studio = office/study, legale = legal.
- lettura del testamento â Noun phrase; lettura = reading, del testamento = of the will.
- invitata â Feminine past participle of invitare; used as an adjective to mean âinvited.â
Category 2: Actions & Feelings
In this category, youâll notice some examples of reflexive and reciprocal verbsâactions someone does to themself, or that people do to each other.
Antonio:
âŚTipo strapparsi i capelli quando la conduttrice del podcast continua a svelare tutto!
(âŚLike tearing oneâs hair out when the podcast host keeps giving everything away!)
Myra: Antonio? There is no need to be strappando anything. Iâm just introducing the next section.
Antonio:
Ma non ti stai dimenticando qualcosa?
(But arenât you forgetting something?)
Myra:
Iâm forgetting something? Like what?
Antonio:
Qualcosa dobbiamo pur lasciarlo ai nostri sostenitori paganti, no?
(We have to leave something for our paying supporters, donât we?)
Myra:
Ah yes, you have a point there.
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Antonio:
Io ci sarò. Ma solo per chi è pronto⌠a brindare con me.
(Iâll be there. But only for those who are ready⌠to raise a glass with me.)
Myra:
Grazie per aver seguito questa anteprima speciale dellâepisodio bonus.
(Thank you for listening to this special preview of the bonus episode.)
Ci sentiamo presto!
(Talk to you soon!)
Antonio:
Cin cin! Ai nostri ascoltatori.
(Cheers! To our listeners.)