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]

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

[@zerounimatrix6707]

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

[@angelicamorales3842]

Thanks! Short and clear!

[@mariellaferrari9981]

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

[@enkhbatch6589]

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

[@ngocnguyen-up6hy]

Thanks! It's very helpful for me!

[@sebastiaperez6142]

Thanks so much BBC LEARNING ENGLISH! !!

[@mikocrak5500]

I love the way you teach!

[@sueliishiyama4781]

Thanks Dan, very nice way to explain😃

[@humairakakar2821]

Thanks. Wonderful

[@greciahuamani6455]

Precise and understandable 😉

[@akashrajkishore]

Oh thank you very much!

[@yasminelmarabet346]

Thank you I love your video

[@zhivem.druzhno]

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

[@bbclearningenglish]

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

[@boldruyter]

Thanks Dan, helped me a lot 😊😊

[@yadifrancis7182]

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]

You are very welcome ☺️

[@andreagiraldomdphd.8376]

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

[@bbclearningenglish]

Good to know you have learnt something new ☺️

[@hepa7034]

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

[@khaleejkha4026]

Thanks

[@nguyentriminhhien]

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!

[@maahi_thenaturestudio]

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

[@bbclearningenglish]

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

[@abdullahtariq1975]

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

[@mdsamrat522]

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

[@sakugava]

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]

@Yoel Armas Macías Example?

[@darude8817]

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

[@youngc.930]

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]

The plural of staff is staff and not staffs.

[@lexmole]

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 ...

[@MohanRaj-jk7mf]

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

[@virendrakamble4210]

That is true watch the video carefully

[@asmamsalih4601]

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

[@bbclearningenglish]

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."

[@eatsleepdie1682]

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

[@fabinholdi]

C

[@bbclearningenglish]

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.🙂

[@anarojas1210]

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.

[@romaissanechad3191]

Im in looove in the accent 😍😍😭😭😭

[@bbclearningenglish]

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

[@romaissanechad3191]

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

[@user-iy2hj8hl4p]

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

[@obsidian115]

Wololo!

[@francocastro6298]

No entiendo 😥😥

[@davindersingh4770]

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

[@kiyotakaayanokoji3065]

Not all words are taught in school

[@NjeBovu47]

Can a single person be referred to as a people?

[@Mr18081964]

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

[@RWL2012]

peoples are multiple groups of people.

[@salswift1989]

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

[@azizbeksuyunboyev4735]

What about "People's Republic of China"?

[@dsangeeth15]

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

[@Helena1629]

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".

[@yassisan52]

But why is the plural form of person is people

[@peppepinz2886]

Thanks

[@wanderer6715]

Thanks