How to Say ‘Some mushrooms’ in Italian
Dei funghi
day-ee FOON-ghee
[day-ee FOON-ghee]
💬 Usage Tip: Dei is a partitive article, like “some.” Funghi is the plural of fungo.
🇮🇹 In Italy: At markets, mushrooms are often sold by type and by weight, so saying dei funghi is a natural start before specifying the variety.
Phrase Breakdown
Dei
[day-ee]
some
A partitive article used to mean an unspecified quantity of plural masculine nouns.
Prendo dei funghi per la cena di stasera.
I'm taking some mushrooms for tonight's dinner.
funghi
[FOON-ghee]
mushrooms
The plural noun for edible mushrooms in general.
I funghi sono freschi oggi al mercato.
The mushrooms are fresh today at the market.
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