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È probabile che le emissioni globali diminuiranno.

È probabile che le emissioni globali diminuiranno.
It is probable that global emissions will decrease.
From Lesson 275:Future indicative in subjunctive clauses·Italian

Questions & Answers about È probabile che le emissioni globali diminuiranno.

Why is diminuiranno in the future indicative? Doesn't è probabile che require the subjunctive?
You are right that è probabile che normally triggers the subjunctive. However, because the decrease will happen in the future, we use the future indicative. Italian doesn't have a future subjunctive tense, so whenever a dependent clause needs to show an action happening later than the main clause, the regular future tense steps in.
How do I know the gender of emissioni?
The singular noun is emissione. As a very reliable rule, Italian nouns ending in -sione or -zione are feminine. Since it is plural here, it takes the feminine plural article le.
Why does the adjective globali end in -i if the noun is feminine?
The singular form of this adjective is globale. Adjectives that end in -e in the singular do not have separate masculine and feminine forms; they simply change to -i in the plural for both genders.
How is the future tense formed for diminuire?
Diminuire is a regular -ire verb. To form the future tense, you drop the final -e from the infinitive and add the standard future endings. For the they form (loro), the ending is -anno, giving us diminuiranno.

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