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Us
English
Pronunciation
Personal pronoun
us
- Me and at least one other person; the objective case of we.
Translations
- Bislama: yumi, yumitupela (dual inclusive); yumitripela (trial inclusive); yumipela (plural inclusive); mitupela (dual exclusive); mitripela (trial exclusive); mipela (plural exclusive)
- Dutch: ons
- French: (after preposition) nous, (indirect object) nous, (indirect object, emphatic) nous ... à nous, (indirect object with an imperative verb) nous, (direct object) nous, (direct object, emphatic) nous ... nous
- Examples:
- After preposition: It is for us - C'est pour nous
- Indirect object: She tells us her name - Elle nous dit son nom
- Indirect object, emphatic: She gives the book to us - Elle nous donne le livre à nous
- Indirect object with an imperative verb: Give it to us - Donnez-le-nous
- Direct object: She hates us - Elle nous déteste
- Direct object, emphatic: She loves us - Elle nous aime, nous
- German: uns
- Ido: ni
- Italian: (after preposition) noi, (indirect object) ci, (indirect object, emphatic) a noi, (indirect object with an imperative verb) ci (attached to the end of the verb and becoming ce- when used along with a direct object; the c is doubled with some verbs), (direct object) ci, (direct object, emphatic) noi
- Examples:
- After preposition: It is for us - É per noi
- Indirect object: Maria tells us her name - Maria ci dice il suo nome
- Indirect object, emphatic: Maria gives the book to us - Maria dà il libro a noi
- Indirect object with an imperative verb, used without a direct object: Write to us - Scrivici; Tell us - Dicci
- Indirect object with an imperative verb, used with a direct object: Send it to us - Spediscicelo; Give it to us - Daccelo
- Direct object: Maria wants us - Maria ci vuole
- Direct object, emphatic: Maria wants us - Maria vuole noi
- Lingua Franca Nova: nos
- Norwegian: oss
See also
Posessive Pronoun
Us (This is the capitalised form of ús used at the start of a sentence. The capital U does not get an accent.)
- our
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