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use Use of ist“ist” or sind“sind” with die Leute“die Leute”

In one of my German writing tests, I have the following sentencessentence:

a)Die Die Umgebung sindist sehr nett, jedoch ist die Leute ein bisschen unfreundlich.

This has been checked by my teacher and she says it is correct but it just sounds wrong. I would expect it to be

b)Die Die Umgebung sindist sehr nett, jedoch sind die Leute ein bisschen unfreundlich.

since I believe leuteLeute to be a plural. Although I am aware that German can notcannot always be translated into English but, to me, this sentence would mean "The surroundings are very nice

The surroundings are very nice, however the people is a bit unfriendly.

However, however the people is a bit unfriendly." Therethere may be a simple German rule that I am not aware of but surely sentence b. Who is correct, not a.?

use of ist or sind with die Leute

In one of my German writing tests, I have the following sentences

a)Die Umgebung sind sehr nett, jedoch ist die Leute ein bisschen unfreundlich.

This has been checked by my teacher and she says it is correct but it just sounds wrong. I would expect it to be

b)Die Umgebung sind sehr nett, jedoch sind die Leute ein bisschen unfreundlich.

since I believe leute to be a plural. Although I am aware that German can not always be translated into English but, to me, this sentence would mean "The surroundings are very nice, however the people is a bit unfriendly." There may be a simple German rule that I am not aware of but surely sentence b is correct, not a.

Use of “ist” or “sind” with “die Leute”

In one of my German writing tests, I have the following sentence:

a) Die Umgebung ist sehr nett, jedoch ist die Leute ein bisschen unfreundlich.

This has been checked by my teacher and she says it is correct but it just sounds wrong. I would expect it to be

b) Die Umgebung ist sehr nett, jedoch sind die Leute ein bisschen unfreundlich.

since I believe Leute to be a plural. Although I am aware that German cannot always be translated into English, to me, this sentence would mean

The surroundings are very nice, however the people is a bit unfriendly.

However, there may be a simple German rule that I am not aware of. Who is correct?

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use of ist or sind with die Leute

In one of my German writing tests, I have the following sentences

a)Die Umgebung sind sehr nett, jedoch ist die Leute ein bisschen unfreundlich.

This has been checked by my teacher and she says it is correct but it just sounds wrong. I would expect it to be

b)Die Umgebung sind sehr nett, jedoch sind die Leute ein bisschen unfreundlich.

since I believe leute to be a plural. Although I am aware that German can not always be translated into English but, to me, this sentence would mean "The surroundings are very nice, however the people is a bit unfriendly." There may be a simple German rule that I am not aware of but surely sentence b is correct, not a.