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Episode 04 - The Moment Everything Changes - Passato Prossimo Part 1

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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!

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Chapters

1. Passato Prossimo Examples (00:00:00)

2. Examples with Italian translation (00:02:55)

3. Episode intro (00:03:53)

4. Formation of passato prossimo (00:07:31)

5. Conjugation of avere (00:08:39)

6. Formation of the participio passato (00:13:17)

7. Avere or essere? (00:16:14)

8. Vocabulary for practice exercise (00:17:37)

9. Practice putting it all together (00:18:25)

10. Assignment explained (00:23:01)

11. First playback of Part 3 (00:26:35)

12. Second playback of part 3 (00:29:41)

13. Wrap up (00:31:57)

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