Learn Italian: Queste tecnologie non esisteranno tra cento anni. - These technologies will not exist in a hundred years.

Queste tecnologie non esisteranno tra cento anni.

These technologies will not exist in a hundred years.

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How do we form the future tense esisteranno here?

Esisteranno is the 'they' (loro) form of the future tense for the regular -ere verb esistere (to exist). To form it, take the infinitive esistere, drop the final -e to get the stem esister-, and add the 'they' ending -anno.

Why is the word tra used here to mean 'in'? Doesn't it usually mean 'between'?

Yes, tra (and its identical twin fra) often means 'between' or 'among' when talking about physical space. However, when talking about an amount of time leading up to a future event, it translates to 'in'. So, tra cento anni means 'in a hundred years'.

Why is it queste tecnologie and not questi tecnologie?

Tecnologia (technology) is a feminine noun, so its plural is tecnologie. The word for 'these' must match the noun's gender and number, so we use the feminine plural queste instead of the masculine plural questi.

Why doesn't cento have a word in front of it, like 'un cento' for 'a hundred'?

In Italian, the number 100 is just cento, never un cento. Additionally, cento is invariable, meaning its ending never changes. If you wanted to say 'two hundred years', it would simply be duecento anni.