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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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đź‘€Le piccole parole - Episodio 4 - Parte 2 | DA: The Italian Preposition that does everything - Free Preview
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Carlo can fix almost anything. But when Matteo and his grandfather bring an old transistor radio to the repair stall, something unexpected happens. For once, Carlo doesn’t know what to do. Someone else does.
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In this free preview of Le piccole parole – Episodio 4 – Parte 2: Quando DA fa tutto, we return to the mercatino with comprehension questions, listen again to the scene, and go through the answers together. And one listener’s prediction turns out to have been remarkably close!
The full episode for show supporters continues our exploration of DA, with more uses, verbs, descriptions, and locuzioni fisse.
Un pezzetto alla volta.
⏳ CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
5:55 Comprehension Questions
7:12 Previously at the Mercatino...
11:30 Comprehension Answers
14:25 Listener Paul's Prediction
17:45 Free Version Wrap-up
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