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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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Le piccole parole - Episodio 5 - Parte 2 | La preposizione IN - Oltre lo spazio
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Exclusive access to premium content!In Le piccole parole – Episodio 5 – Parte 2, we go oltre lo spazio. We explore how IN moves beyond physical places into abstract states such as in silenzio, in pace, and in difficoltà, and into formal expressions such as in riferimento a and in merito a.
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Then we tackle some of the trickier choices between IN and A. Why in Sicilia but a Capri? What’s the difference between in ospedale and all’ospedale? We’ll also add more verbs and fixed expressions with IN, including the useful distinction between riuscire in qualcosa and riuscire a fare qualcosa.
And before all of that, we return to the mercatino to see how much you remember about Carlo, the young woman, and the restored frame. There’s a new prediction too. Something is coming to the repair stall that everyone will recognise. What do you think it might be?
Un pezzetto alla volta.
⏳ CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
2:16 Comprehension Questions
3:32 Previously at the Mercatino
6:00 Comprehension Answers
10:38 Your Prediction
11:15 IN with Abstract Nouns
13:35 IN in Formal Written Italian
17:23 Streets and Squares
18:05 IN or A? The Tricky Cases
24:50 More Verbs That Take IN
32:27 More Locuzioni Fisse
34:56 Wrap-up
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