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Oggi è lunedì: dopodomani è mercoledì.

Oggi è lunedì: dopodomani è mercoledì.
Today is Monday: the day after tomorrow is Wednesday.
From Lesson 111:The future tense of -are and -ere verbs (-erò)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Oggi è lunedì: dopodomani è mercoledì.

The lesson is about the future tense, so why does this sentence use è instead of the future tense for a future day?
In Italian, just like in English, you can use the present tense for future events that are absolute facts or scheduled. You could use the future tense and say dopodomani sarà mercoledì, but using the present tense è is very common and completely natural for a factual statement like this.
Why aren't lunedì and mercoledì capitalized?
Unlike in English, days of the week and months of the year are not capitalized in Italian unless they are the very first word in a sentence.
Does dopodomani literally translate to "after tomorrow"?
Exactly! It is a compound word made by combining dopo (after) and domani (tomorrow). This is the standard way to say "the day after tomorrow" in Italian.
Why do lunedì and mercoledì have an accent mark on the last letter?
The accent mark tells you to stress that final vowel when speaking. All Italian days from Monday to Friday end in -dì (an old word for "day") and require this written accent, while sabato and domenica do not.

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