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Les acteurs vont chanter dans une minute.

Les acteurs vont chanter dans une minute.
The actors are going to sing in a minute.
From Lesson 100:Future timeframes (dans...)·French

Questions & Answers about Les acteurs vont chanter dans une minute.

Why do we use dans here for "in"? Could we use en?
In French, dans followed by a time expression means that an action will happen from now, at the end of that time period (a minute from now). You wouldn't use en here, because en is used to say how long it takes to actually complete an activity.
How does vont chanter translate to "are going to sing"?
This sentence uses the near future tense, which is built very similarly to English. You take the present tense of aller (to go) — which is vont for "they go" — and add the infinitive form of the action verb, chanter (to sing).
Is the "s" at the end of Les pronounced in this sentence?
Yes, you should pronounce it like a "z" sound! Because the next word, acteurs, starts with a vowel, we make a spoken link (called a liaison) between the two words.
Is minute always a feminine word?
Yes, minute is a feminine noun, which is why we use une instead of un. Many common units of time like une seconde, une heure, and une année are feminine, though there are exceptions like un jour (a day) or un mois (a month).

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