Meaning in Spanish
Las personas or los pueblos, or la gente
or in German
Die Menshen, die Völker or die Leute
Does the English language serve of the same word for all those meanings so closely related to each other?
I don't remember have seen written peoples
Is it right to say:
The people of the USA or The peoples of the USA ?????
2007-02-04 10:59:53 · 6 answers · asked by QQ dri lu 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
You would use peoples if you're stressing the separate cultures people belong to. The "people" of the USA are all 300M (or whatever, sorry) of them--the "peoples" of the USA are, for example, the Cherokees and the Navaho, the whites and the blacks, the Chinese and Korean and Arab immigrants.
2007-02-04 11:08:58 · answer #1 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Native Peoples of the Americas.
2007-02-04 11:21:57 · answer #2 · answered by Martha P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While talking about groups of persons from different nationalities or ethnicities... the proper word is peoples. For the other part of your query: Its people of USA.
2007-02-04 11:11:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the first one
2007-02-04 11:05:53 · answer #4 · answered by glamour04111 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since people is plural, you don't add an s to the end of the word.
2007-02-04 11:08:32 · answer #5 · answered by ne11 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well people is the plural of person
2007-02-04 11:03:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋