"Those are people."
Translation:Ce sont des gens.
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In English, the word "people" can be used to refer to any plural number of persons.
In French, there are different terms for a countable number of people, a non-countable group of people, and a people—a plurality of persons considered as a whole, as in an ethnic group or nation.
the people in the car (countable): les personnes dans la voiture
nice people (non-count): les gens géntils
the Jewish people (singular): le peuple juif
the indigenous peoples of Australia (plural): les peuples autochtones d'Australie
Try to determine the meaning of 'people' in English before translating:
les personnes - specific people
les gens - people in general
le peuple - a population, or collective group of people
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Very helpful, but we still have to decide, without context, which version of "people" this is. :/