Breakdown of Leur taux diminuera rapidement.
leur
their (singular and plural forms: leur, leurs)
rapidement
rapidly / quickly
diminuer
to decrease
le taux
the rate
Questions & Answers about Leur taux diminuera rapidement.
Why does the sentence use diminuera instead of va diminuer?
Diminuera is the futur simple (simple future) of the verb diminuer. We use the futur simple for predictions, projections, or things that will happen in the more distant future. If we used the futur proche (near future), va diminuer (is going to decrease), it would imply the decrease is starting right now or is absolutely certain to happen very soon.
Why is it leur and not leurs here?
Wait, doesn't the x at the end of taux mean it is plural?
Not always! Taux (rate) is one of those French words that naturally ends in an x even in its singular form. If it were plural, it would be spelled exactly the same: les taux (the rates). We know it is singular in this sentence because the possessive adjective is the singular leur and the verb diminuera is in the singular it form.
How do we form the word rapidement?
Rapidement means rapidly or quickly. In French, you often turn an adjective into an adverb (a word that describes how an action is done) by taking the feminine form of the adjective and adding -ment. Because the adjective rapide (fast) already ends in an e, its masculine and feminine forms are identical, so we just add -ment to get rapidement.
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