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
Le piccole parole - Episodio 3 - Part 1A - The Many Jobs of A
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In the first part of our exploration of the Italian preposition a, we begin to uncover one of the most common and versatile little words in the Italian language.
We'll see how a points the way to cities, introduces the recipient of an action, appears in common time expressions, and forms part of dozens of everyday fixed expressions you'll hear from your very first Italian lesson.
Along the way, we'll revisit indirect object pronouns, compare them with their full forms using a, and begin collecting another group of useful Italian expressions to add to your growing toolkit.
Our visit to the summer market will have to wait just a little longer. In Part 1B, we'll continue with the articulated forms of a, explore the verbs that naturally take a, and finally head to the market on opening day, where everything we've learned begins to come to life.
Buon ascolto... e buona caccia agli a!
⏳ CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
2:00 A as a Destination – Cities
3:35 A with Indirect Objects
6:21 Indirect Object Pronouns
7:23 A with Time
8:49 A in Fixed Expressions
10:52 Wrap-up
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