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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
Le piccole parole – Episode 2 – Part 1 - – Di: The Italian Preposition That's Everywhere
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What does di really mean?
Most learners know it as "of," but di does far more than that. In this episode of Le piccole parole, we explore how di expresses relationships, origin, topic, material, quantity, common expressions, and more. Along the way, Antonio discovers that di is hiding everywhere, including in one of Nonna's old recipe cards.
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Support the show to continue with Di – Part Two, where we'll explore articulated forms such as del and della, the partitive, and more verbs that belong to di.
⏳ CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
3:25 DI as a Relational Marker
4:38 DI for Origin
5:51 DI for Topic
7:23 DI for Material and Contents
9:04 DI with Quantities and Groups
10:51 DI in Fixed Expressions
12:51 Di chi è questo verbo?
15:01 Articulated Forms Preview
17:02 Transition to La Scena
18:20 La Scena – La Fontana del Quartiere
25:03 La Scena senza interruzioni
28:16 Listener Challenge
30:35 Wrap-up
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