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How to Say ‘They're porcini, fresh today.’ in Italian

Sono porcini, freschi di oggi.

SOH-noh por-CHEE-nee FRES-kee dee oj-jee

[SOH-noh por-CHEE-nee FRES-kee dee oj-jee]

🇮🇹 In Italy: Porcini are a seasonal prize, mostly late summer and autumn. Vendors proudly flag them as just picked, and they're priced accordingly.

Phrase Breakdown

Sono porcini,

SOH-noh por-CHEE-nee

They are porcini,

A simple identification. Stress the middle syllable: por-CHEE-nee.

Example

Questi sono porcini.

These are porcini.

Words in this phrase

Sono

[SOH-noh]

They are

Used to indicate quantity or count.

Example

Sono cinque biscotti.

They are five biscuits.

porcini

[por-CHEE-nee]

porcini mushrooms

Prized wild mushrooms (Boletus edulis) with a thick stem and brown cap.

Example

Il risotto ai porcini è buonissimo.

Porcini risotto is delicious.

freschi di oggi.

FRES-kee dee oj-jee

fresh today.

Adds that they arrived today. Hold the double 'gg' slightly.

Example

Le uova sono fresche di oggi.

The eggs are fresh today.

Words in this phrase

freschi

[FRES-kee]

fresh

Plural masculine of 'fresco', recently picked or made.

Example

Compro sempre pomodori freschi.

I always buy fresh tomatoes.

[dee]

from

Here it indicates the time origin: 'fresh from today'.

Example

Il pane è di stamattina.

The bread is from this morning.

oggi

[oj-jee]

today

The current day.

Example

Oggi è il mio compleanno.

Today is my birthday.

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