We learn Italian step by step | Impariamo l'italiano piano piano
Impariamo l’italiano piano piano is a story-based podcast for B1–B2 Italian learners who want to improve their grammar and vocabulary by following an ongoing mystery, rather than studying isolated lessons. Beginners are welcome too - everything unfolds piano piano, one step at a time.
Each episode advances a serialized story, Le Pagine del Passato, allowing you to experience Italian in context as meaning builds gradually through memory, dialogue, and investigation. Grammar structures such as the imperfetto, passato prossimo, congiuntivo, and object pronouns emerge naturally through the narrative, helping you recognize how Italian works in real situations.
Hosted by Myra, an instructional designer and adult language learner, the show is joined by Antonio - a dramatic, opinionated presence who interrupts, comments, and occasionally derails things, making the learning process both human and entertaining. Together, they guide listeners toward greater confidence in Italian, step by step.
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We learn Italian step by step | Impariamo l'italiano piano piano
🛠️ Bonus Episode 08 - Dove si trova il pacco? - A Neighborly Mystery of Italian Commands
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For a limited time, I'm making Bonus Episode 8, our Imperativo Power Up episode, available to everyone!
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This special release is in preparation for this week's Italian Imperativo Workshop: Commands, Requests and Advice, where we'll practise using commands to make requests, offer advice, give directions, and more, with Antonio, our custom Italian tutor.
If you'd like to prepare, here are the episodes covering the imperativo. You don't need to listen to them all before joining us, but they'll give you a wonderful foundation for our practice together.
🎧 Listen to the Imperativo episodes
- Episode 9
- Episode 10
- Episode 11
- Episode 12
- Bonus Episode 8 – Imperativo Power Up (temporarily available to everyone!)
🐌 Join us for the live workshop
We'll explore the grammar together, practise with Antonio, and discover how the imperativo works in real conversations.
Come with your questions and curiosity. We'll learn together, piano piano.
Ci vediamo!
Myra
Originally Published: Nov. 02, 2025 in Season 3.
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Special thanks to voice actor Joshua Hess for lending his voice to Impariamo l'Italiano Piano Piano. - Contact: SpeakingOfVO@gmail.com
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