Person vs Persons vs People vs Peoples - English in a Minute

Improve your English vocabulary and grammar. Here's how to use the confusing English words 'person' and 'people' and their plural forms 'persons' and 'peoples' in just one minute!
QUIZ: Which word can mean 'nation'?
a) person
b) persons
c) people
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  • @ilonakhorokhnina4579
    @ilonakhorokhnina45792 жыл бұрын

    Clear message, clear structure, easy to understand, thank you

  • @zerounimatrix6707
    @zerounimatrix67076 жыл бұрын

    That "so far" in the end😹 Informative and funny as usual, thanks Dan!

  • @angelicamorales3842
    @angelicamorales38426 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Short and clear!

  • @mariellaferrari9981
    @mariellaferrari99816 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Dan, also in this sunny day of summer you refresh my English language !!!!

  • @enkhbatch6589
    @enkhbatch65896 жыл бұрын

    i did not know it until i watch this video. A great useful lesson thank you BBC!!!

  • @ngocnguyen-up6hy
    @ngocnguyen-up6hy6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! It's very helpful for me!

  • @mikocrak5500
    @mikocrak55006 жыл бұрын

    I love the way you teach!

  • @sebastiaperez6142
    @sebastiaperez61426 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much BBC LEARNING ENGLISH! !!

  • @humairakakar2821
    @humairakakar28216 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. Wonderful

  • @sueliishiyama4781
    @sueliishiyama47812 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Dan, very nice way to explain😃

  • @greciahuamani6455
    @greciahuamani64556 жыл бұрын

    Precise and understandable 😉

  • @akashrajkishore
    @akashrajkishore4 жыл бұрын

    Oh thank you very much!

  • @yasminelmarabet346
    @yasminelmarabet3464 жыл бұрын

    Thank you I love your video

  • @yadifrancis7182
    @yadifrancis71826 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Dan,this is usefull for me to make me achieve and increase my english level.... cheers my friend from Panama central America.

  • @bbclearningenglish

    @bbclearningenglish

    6 жыл бұрын

    You are very welcome ☺️

  • @zhivem.druzhno
    @zhivem.druzhno6 жыл бұрын

    Like such videos! Thank you so much! Can you tell the difference between only and just

  • @bbclearningenglish

    @bbclearningenglish

    6 жыл бұрын

    Hi Svetlana Makhnuk. We are glad you find our videos useful. And thank you for your suggestion. We'll certainly consider it. ☺️

  • @boldruyter
    @boldruyter9 ай бұрын

    Thanks Dan, helped me a lot 😊😊

  • @nguyentriminhhien
    @nguyentriminhhien Жыл бұрын

    Hi Dan, Wish you and your team a great day. It seems that the example with Aztecs has got some typo there. Hope you can fix it. Btw, your video is amazing as usual!

  • @khaleejkha4026
    @khaleejkha40266 жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @hepa7034
    @hepa70342 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Dan! You and I, we are people...so far)))

  • @andreagiraldomdphd.8376
    @andreagiraldomdphd.83766 жыл бұрын

    I haven’t ever known “peopleS” Thank you. A

  • @bbclearningenglish

    @bbclearningenglish

    6 жыл бұрын

    Good to know you have learnt something new ☺️

  • @maahi_thenaturestudio
    @maahi_thenaturestudio6 жыл бұрын

    Hi Dan ! try to feature a lesson on use of word " apparently " vs obviously .

  • @bbclearningenglish

    @bbclearningenglish

    6 жыл бұрын

    Hi Priyanka S Raj Thank you for your suggestion. We'll certainly consider it.

  • @mdsamrat522
    @mdsamrat5223 жыл бұрын

    Hi dan! Is 'Government'singular or plural? Can you please tell me?

  • @darude8817
    @darude88174 жыл бұрын

    "They're all humans.... so far-" robots will replace us, it's true guys.

  • @sakugava
    @sakugava6 жыл бұрын

    Great! Every time I say that the word "peoples" do exist, someone would say "No, there is no plural for people. People is a plural word already"

  • @darude8817

    @darude8817

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Yoel Armas Macías Example?

  • @MohanRaj-jk7mf
    @MohanRaj-jk7mf6 жыл бұрын

    Hai!. I was taught that plural form of people is people only, not peoples (from my childhood days)

  • @virendrakamble4210

    @virendrakamble4210

    5 жыл бұрын

    That is true watch the video carefully

  • @youngc.930
    @youngc.9306 жыл бұрын

    Persons are more polite? No wonder that restaurant staffs always asked me how many persons we are not people whenever I call to make a reservation. Thanks Dan

  • @ryandixon4494

    @ryandixon4494

    4 жыл бұрын

    The plural of staff is staff and not staffs.

  • @eatsleepdie1682
    @eatsleepdie16823 жыл бұрын

    I've always thought there is only "person" and "people".. The more you know I guess

  • @lexmole
    @lexmole3 жыл бұрын

    Would British persons be irritated when using persons always as plural for person (rather than people) and people only for the inhabitants of a country? Or would that be too formal/posh? Because I don't really like the double-meaning of people being the plural of person and a singular of a word with different meaning ...

  • @asmamsalih4601
    @asmamsalih46016 жыл бұрын

    The protoganist of the play behave like a real person . People live in the France are kind.

  • @bbclearningenglish

    @bbclearningenglish

    6 жыл бұрын

    A great try! A few minor changes are needed: "The protoganist of the play behaveS like a real person." "People WHO live in the France are kind."

  • @romaissanechad3191
    @romaissanechad31916 жыл бұрын

    Im in looove in the accent 😍😍😭😭😭

  • @bbclearningenglish

    @bbclearningenglish

    6 жыл бұрын

    Hi Romi Emily. Thank you for your comment. You'll find more on pronunciation here: www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/pronunciation

  • @romaissanechad3191

    @romaissanechad3191

    6 жыл бұрын

    BBC Learning English thank u ^^ i found it so interesting and helpful *_*

  • @abdullahtariq1975
    @abdullahtariq19753 жыл бұрын

    Person = شخص Persons= أشخاص (الكتابة الرسمية) People= ( person ناس (جمع Peoples= أمم (جمع people)

  • @fabinholdi
    @fabinholdi6 жыл бұрын

    C

  • @bbclearningenglish

    @bbclearningenglish

    6 жыл бұрын

    Hi Fabio José Silva Rodolpho. Well done! The correct answer is c) people. A different meaning of the word people (and peoples) is nation (or nations). The Aztecs were a people from the Americas.🙂

  • @user-iy2hj8hl4p
    @user-iy2hj8hl4p6 жыл бұрын

    that's a revelation, i didn't know this meaning of "Peoples".

  • @obsidian115
    @obsidian1156 жыл бұрын

    Wololo!

  • @anarojas1210
    @anarojas12102 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much, I always watch these videos. I just wanted to say that the name of our CONTINENT is AMERICA no AMERICAS, even though it is divided into two or three. Like Europa is not EUROPAS . I don’t know why exist this misinformation. All the people in our continent are AMERICANS. I don’t understand why that is wrongly used to name people for a country either, that’s just wrong. There are 5 continents, just 5. For instance, 5 Olympic rings that represent the 5 continents of the world. Thanks.

  • @davindersingh4770
    @davindersingh47706 жыл бұрын

    We have been taught that there is a no plural form of people.

  • @kiyotakaayanokoji3065

    @kiyotakaayanokoji3065

    4 жыл бұрын

    Not all words are taught in school

  • @NjeBovu47
    @NjeBovu472 жыл бұрын

    Can a single person be referred to as a people?

  • @azizbeksuyunboyev4735
    @azizbeksuyunboyev47353 жыл бұрын

    What about "People's Republic of China"?

  • @Mr18081964
    @Mr180819646 жыл бұрын

    I have been taught 'peopleS' is the wrong word but use only "people' as plural

  • @RWL2012

    @RWL2012

    5 жыл бұрын

    peoples are multiple groups of people.

  • @francocastro6298
    @francocastro62983 жыл бұрын

    No entiendo 😥😥

  • @dsangeeth15
    @dsangeeth15 Жыл бұрын

    I thought persons in wrong all these days and I never heard about peoples

  • @yassisan52
    @yassisan522 жыл бұрын

    But why is the plural form of person is people

  • @salswift1989
    @salswift19893 жыл бұрын

    Bangladeshi (country) people's make the weirdest adds. Is that a correct sentence because my instinct tells me it should be just people not people's please let me know

  • @Helena1629
    @Helena16293 жыл бұрын

    A Person is a legal Entity. A Fiction that separates you from a living soul and considers you a Corporation to access your Trust and keep you paying Fines because of your Ignorance. There is no mention of person in the bible. Only "My People perish through lack of Knowledge".

  • @peppepinz2886
    @peppepinz288611 ай бұрын

    Thanks

  • @wanderer6715
    @wanderer6715 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks

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