Assyrians are the people of Assyria — more than one Assyrian. In a history class, ‘the Assyrians’ usually means the ancient empire-builders along the Tigris, famous for war, palaces, and writing on clay. In the news, ‘Assyrians’ may mean the living ethnic and Christian community that still uses that name.

Assyrians are the people of AssyriaAssyrians是亞述（Assyria）的人民 — more than one Assyrian是不只一個Assyrian的意思。In a history class在歷史課裡, 'the Assyrians' usually means the ancient empire-builders along the Tigristhe Assyrians通常是指底格里斯河沿岸建立古代帝國的那群人, famous for war, palaces, and writing on clay以打仗、宮殿和泥板文字聞名。In the news在新聞報導裡, 'Assyrians' may mean the living ethnic and Christian community that still uses that nameAssyrians則可能是指現在仍在使用這個名字的、活生生的一個民族兼基督徒社群。

The form is a simple plural. The idea ‘of or about the people or language’ sits mainly on Assyrian (the adjective or the singular noun); Assyrians points to the people themselves, as a group.

The form is a simple plural這個字的形式就是一個單純的複數。The idea 'of or about the people or language' sits mainly on Assyrian (the adjective or the singular noun)「跟這個民族或語言有關」這個概念主要放在Assyrian（形容詞或單數名詞）上; Assyrians points to the people themselves, as a group而Assyrians指的是這群人本身，是一整個群體。

Though actually, schoolbooks sometimes talk as if Assyrians vanished when the empire fell. The empire did fall; the people-name did not altogether disappear.

Though actually, schoolbooks sometimes talk as if Assyrians vanished when the empire fell不過實際上，教科書有時候講得好像帝國滅亡後Assyrians就消失了一樣。The empire did fall帝國的確滅亡了; the people-name did not altogether disappear但這個民族的名字並沒有完全消失。