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Leurs chiffres vont diminuer bientôt.

Leurs chiffres vont diminuer bientôt.
Their figures are going to decrease soon.
From Lesson 137:The near vs. distant future·French

Questions & Answers about Leurs chiffres vont diminuer bientôt.

Why use vont diminuer instead of the future tense (diminueront)?
Vont diminuer is the futur proche (near future), formed with the conjugated verb aller (to go) plus an infinitive. It is used here because the change is seen as immediate and certain, which is backed up by the word bientôt (soon). The regular futur simple is usually saved for more distant or uncertain predictions.
Why does Leurs have an 's' at the end?
Because possessive adjectives must agree with the noun they belong to, which in this case is the plural chiffres. In English, 'their' never changes, but in French, if the thing being owned is plural, you must use the plural form leurs. If it were just one figure, it would be leur chiffre.
Does chiffres mean 'figures' as in people or faces?
No, un chiffre strictly refers to a number, digit, or statistic (like sales figures). If you meant 'figure' as in a person's body shape, you would use une silhouette, and for a person's face, you would use un visage.
Why is bientôt placed at the very end of the sentence?
Adverbs of time, like bientôt (soon) or demain (tomorrow), generally go at the very beginning or the very end of a sentence. You could also perfectly say Bientôt, leurs chiffres vont diminuer.

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