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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 6 - Parte 2 | La preposizione CON - Descrivere, collegare, esprimersi
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Exclusive access to premium content!In this second part of Le piccole parole – Episodio 6, we continue exploring the many ways Italians use the preposition CON.
We’ll see how CON helps us describe people naturally, and we’ll explore useful expressions such as avere a che fare con, andare d’accordo con, con le braccia aperte and con i propri occhi.
And at the mercatino, we learn more about the handwritten recipes that belonged to Paolo’s grandmother. As everyone begins thinking about how to preserve them, Biscotto seems to notice that there may be something special about this little box.
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Piano piano, one little word at a time.
⏳ CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
2:35 Comprehension Questions
4:08 Previously at the Mercatino
6:41 Comprehension Answers
9:42 Con with Physical Descriptions
12:46 More Verbs that take Con
20:11 More Locuzioni Fisse
25:06 Wrap-up
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