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Jul 21, 2014 - 10:25 AM
Looks like there's a thread on this here: http://fluenz.com/commons/spanish/pos...
Jul 21, 2014 - 02:05 PM
Sonia explains the difference between la gente & las personas in level 5. La gente is always singular, 3rd person, never "gentes". "La gente dice", but "las personas dicen". When you count people you can only use "personas" "Somos dos personas". La gente is a collective reference about "the people". "Una mesa para una persona, una mesa para cuatro personas". If you're not counting you can use gente or personas: "La personas son así", "la gente es asî".