"Człowiek je mięso."
Translation:A human eats meat.
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Hey immery.
I keep reading in comments that.... "ludzie is plural of człowiek"
But I also keep reading that 'ludzie is people' and that 'człowiek is human'.
I would like to ask what is the ACTUAL plural of 'human'. So I mean the translation of 'humanS'
I dont believe it is 'people' as that would be the plural of 'person'.
Hope u (or alik or jellei) can help.
Thanks
Also, where does 'osoba' fit into all of this?
Thanks again
The translation of "humans", as it could potentially be used by aliens in a science fiction movie, is still "ludzie".
The plural of "osoba" (person) is simply "osoby".
Those are the equivalent words, but how they are actually translated may be an entire different thing. Because when English would use "two people" (and not "two persons") it could be most natural to say "dwie osoby" in Polish. But singular "osoba" is a lot less common than English "person".
I wrote more about this here: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/19428542
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'Ludzie' and 'Leute' ('people' in German) - coincidence or could it be from the same Indo-European root?