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🎙 Podcast Episode Four: Impariamo l’italiano piano piano - Un impegno quotidiano

In this episode, we take our first deep dive into the passato prossimo, the Italian past tense used for completed actions. Whether you’re still a novice in the realm of italian past tenses or if you've been practicing for a while, this tense helps you share past experiences with clarity and precision. 

🌟 Highlights:

✔️ What makes passato prossimo different from imperfetto? A snapshot vs. a looping video!
✔️ How to form passato prossimo using avere + the past participle.
✔️ Practical examples drawn from Mariella’s story as she takes the first steps toward a life-changing discovery.

🎯 Practice Makes Perfect:
Listen, pause, and say the Italian before I do! With structured exercises, you’ll get hands-on experience forming sentences and internalizing this key tense. Plus, an assignment awaits to help you actively mettere in pratica (put into practice) what you've learned.

📜 Care to follow along as you listen? Check out the transcript.

📚 Want more? Click the Support the Show link below to access bonus episodes! Bonus content includes upcoming vocabulary presented in context, recall exercises, mini quizzes, and interactive flashcards to reinforce what you’ve learned.

🎧 Take it slow, embrace the process, and immerse yourself in Italian—piano piano!

⏳ CHAPTERS  
00:00 Passato Prossimo Examples  
02:55 Examples with Italian Translation  
03:53 Episode Intro  
07:31 Formation of Passato Prossimo  
08:39 Conjugation of *Avere*  
13:17 Formation of the *Participio Passato*  
16:14 *Avere* or *Essere*?  
17:37 Vocabulary for Practice Exercise  
18:25 Practice Putting It All Together  
23:01 Assignment Explained  
26:35 First Playback of Part 3  
29:41 Second Playback of Part 3  
31:57 Wrap Up

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