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Le piccole parole | Episodio 7, Parte 1B | La preposizione SU

2026-10-1227:25

Send me a voicemail In Part 1B of our exploration of the Italian preposition SU, we discover how this little word helps us look upward, describe a view, encourage someone, and express ourselves in everyday conversation. We'll explore expressions such as su con la vita, su per giù, and sul serio, along with verbs that naturally pair with SU, including contare su, fare affidamento su, and riflettere su. Then we return to the mercatino, where Paolo's nonna's handwritten recipes inspire the idea ...

Le piccole parole - Episodio 7 - Parte 1A | La preposizione SU - Superficie, argomento e approssimazione

2026-10-0413:09

Send me a voicemail One little word, three very different jobs. In this episode of Le piccole parole, we explore three important uses of the Italian preposition SU. We start with the familiar idea of something being on a surface, then see how SU introduces a topic, and finally discover how Italians use it to express an approximation. You'll hear examples like sul tavolo, un libro su Dante, and sui trenta euro, and we'll look at how SU combines with Italian definite articles to become sul, sul...

Le Vostre Previsioni | Che ne sarà delle ricette?

2026-09-3004:13

Send me a voicemail The recipes from Paolo’s grandmother are still at the banco delle riparazioni. What will happen to them next? Studente Saggio Paul has sent us his prediction, and it involves a breeze, recipes flying across the piazza... and an unexpected encounter for Carlo. Listen to Paul’s prediction in Italian, then send me yours! There’s still time to make a prediction before Episode 7. Everyone who sends in a prediction will receive the promo code for next week’s Italian, Piano Piano...

Questa settimana al Meetup - Incontro 1 | Reflexive verbs and the many jobs of SI

2026-09-2717:40

Send me a voicemail What happens when one little Italian word seems to be doing several completely different jobs? Before you listen to this episode, take the poll on LinkedIn and see how much you already know. Take the poll here. In this first Questa settimana al Meetup, we follow the questions and discoveries that came up during our weekly Italian Meetup. We look at reflexive, pronominal and reciprocal uses of si, including rendersi conto and innamorarsi, and discover why sentences that lo...

👀Le piccole parole - Episodio 6 - Parte 2 PREVIEW | La preposizione CON - Descrivere, collegare, esprimersi

2026-09-2013:07

Send me a voicemail In this preview of Le piccole parole – Episodio 6 – Parte 2, we continue our exploration of the Italian preposition CON. How does CON help us describe people more naturally? And how does this little word become part of expressions Italians use all the time? We’ll also return to the mercatino, where Paolo’s grandmother’s handwritten recipes are beginning to reveal why they’re worth preserving. --> Link to Post for Transcript for this episode <-- Piano piano, one littl...

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