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🎙 Podcast Episode Five: Impariamo l’italiano piano piano – Un impegno quotidiano

In this episode, we continue exploring the passato prossimo, focusing on how to recognize when to use it in a story—and how it shifts the action forward. Through Mariella’s memories and an unexpected visit from her friend Zina, we see how past events and new discoveries intertwine.

🌟 Highlights: 

✔️ How the passato prossimo creates movement and plot twists.
✔️ A review of your verb transformation assignment from Episode 4.
✔️ Practical tips on choosing between avere and essere as auxiliary verbs.
✔️ A lively moment with Antonio... and an unexpected guest!

🎯 Practice Makes Perfect:
Want even more hands-on practice?
We’ve created a special bonus episode—Episode 5A—where you can work through extra exercises on auxiliary verbs at your own pace.

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

📚 Want more? Click the Support the Show link below to access bonus episodes! Bonus content includes vocabulary previews, 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 Chapter 1 Part 3 – English Translation with Italian  
06:02 Introduction to Podcast  
07:29 Review Assignment 1 – Verb Transformations  
09:20 Review Assignment 2 – Passato Prossimo’s Effect on the Story  
11:02 Recap of Passato Prossimo – Part 1  
13:02 Practice Identifying Transitive Verbs  
18:57 Review Conjugation of *Essere*  
21:04 Formation of Past Participles with *Essere*  
26:47 Chapter 1 Part 4 – Italian Only  
31:08 Wrap Up

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