A common colloquial alternative to the first-person-plural pronoun "nós" "we" is the noun phrase "a gente" (literally meaning "the people"), which formally takes verbs and possessives of the third person singular (or the expression "da gente"). Although avoided in the most formal registers, it is not considered incorrect, unless it is accompanied by verbs conjugated in the first person plural, as in ""*A gente moramos na cidade"", instead of the normative ""A gente mora na cidade"" "We live in the city".