"Chúng tôi có ít người nhất."

Translation: We have the fewest people.

[VivianNguy]

I'm sad because I always write "least" instead of fewest"... it means the same in this context doesn't it? xD

[hippietrail]

Even most native English speakers say "least" these days but it is still contentious so "fewest" more correct with countable nouns like "people" and "least" should be used only with uncountable nouns like "milk".

On all the Duolingo courses I do, many people in the forums are very insistent on the most correct English. That seems to be less in the Vietnamese course.

My view is that "least" should be accepted because even native speakers say it, but "fewest" should be the default answer because it's still regarded as wrong in the English-speaking world just like "ain't" and "gonna" etc.

[Kieron657731]

I teach English and didn't realise this. I never use 'fewest' in every day speach. I guess, because the comparative 'less' is used with uncountable nouns then it figures that the superlative 'least' should be, too. However, "There is less..." is commonly used for uncountable nouns but "There are less.." is used for countable nouns. Therefore, it follows that the superlative 'least' should be fine to use with either......?

[Fuvseany]

Does "fewest people" imply "fewest number of people"?

[Duges66]

Yes it does.

[krikori]

Why isn't nhất immediately after ít in this case?
bạn tốt nhất = best friend
but
ít người nhất = fewest people

Follow-up: Would the most people then be "nhiều người nhất"?

[Hillary602594]

How would you say "fewer people"?

[SheTuti]

ít người hơn

[Kieron657731]

Least and fewest means exactly the same thing.

[739kh]

Tôi là bác si