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 2 - Part 3 - Quando di trova casa
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Exclusive access to premium content!In this final part of our three-part exploration of the Italian preposition di, we bring everything together.
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We'll explore di in comparisons, time expressions, adjectives that naturally take di, and a final collection of common verbs and fixed expressions you'll hear every day in Italian. Along the way, we'll also answer an important question: when does Italian use che instead of di in comparisons?
Antonio shares a short story inspired by real events, packed with examples of di in action. You'll hear it first at slow speed, then again at a more natural pace, before we finish with a practical framework that will help you recognise what di is doing whenever you encounter it.
By the end of this episode, you'll have far more than a translation of di. You'll have a way of thinking about it.
Buon ascolto... e buona caccia ai di!
⏳ CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
2:50 Antonio's Story (Slow Speed)
3:53 Antonio's Story (Normal Speed)
4:56 Le Locuzioni Fisse
8:08 Di nei Confronti
12:14 Di nelle Espressioni di Tempo
14:59 Di dopo gli Aggettivi
18:18 Di chi è questo verbo?
21:10 Antonio's Story: Line by Line
25:32 Antonio's Story: Un'ultima volta (Italian Only)
26:35 Wrap-up
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