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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 - Episodio 2 - Part 2 - Di: del, dello, and the secret life of 'some'
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Exclusive access to premium content!You thought di was finished?
Not quite.
In Part 2 of our exploration of the Italian preposition di, we go beyond the core meanings and uncover some of its most interesting disguises.
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Why does del pane sometimes mean of the bread and sometimes mean some bread? What exactly is the partitive? And how do you know which job del, della, dei, and degli are doing when you hear them?
Along the way we'll meet the complete family of articulated forms, explore more verbs that belong to di, add a few useful fixed expressions to our collection, and discover that this little two-letter word is even busier than we thought.
Meanwhile, Antonio has developed a new hobby: cataloguing every di he can find in Paolo's grandmother's recipe box.
Piano piano. Un pezzetto alla volta.
⏳ CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
3:42 Articulated Forms
10:04 Il Partitivo
13:11 Di + Infinitivo
16:57 Di chi è questo verbo?
18:43 Locuzioni Fisse
21:20 Closing Moment
21:51 Wrap-up
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