us
Me and at least one other person, excluding the person being addressedMe and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.)
» Why aren't you coming with us?
Wieso kommst du nicht mit uns?
Почему ты не идёшь с нами?
Почему вы не идёте с нами?
Чому ти не йдеш з нами?
Чому ви не йдете з нами?
Meaning
9 senses(personal, pronoun)Me and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.)
Don't treat us like idiots.
(personal, pronoun)Me and at least one other person, including the person(s) being addressed. (inclusive us.)
Let's ask him if he'll give us a lift.
(personal, pronoun)We, used in the same circumstances where “me” would be used instead of “I”, e.g. for the pronoun in isolation or as the complement of the copula
Who's there? — Us. (or) — It's us.
Who's going to go? — Us. We'll go.
(personal, pronoun)Any entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.
It's not true that the rest of Europe hates us.
I went to watch my favourite team play Real Madrid, but they thrashed us 5-0.
(personal, pronoun)People in general.
Grief ages us.
(colloquial, personal, pronoun)The person(s) being addressed.
Come on! Wakey wakey! Let's get us up and out of bed, please.
(colloquial, personal, pronoun)Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners.
Hey guys, in this video I'll show you how I make my upside-down sponge cake. First let's get us a few ingredients that we'll need ...
(Commonwealth, colloquial, personal, pronoun, usually)Me.
Give us a look at your paper.
Fetch us a cold beer from the fridge, would you.
mich, mir
(Northumbria, personal, pronoun)Me (in all contexts).
Look at us while ye’re speakin tiv us.
Could ye dee that for us?
uns
насnas, намnam, на́миnámi
насnas, намnam
Examples
26233 sentencesWhy aren't you coming with us?
Чому ти не йдеш з нами?
ruПочему ты не идёшь с нами?
deWieso kommst du nicht mit uns?
English is not easy for us.
Англійська непроста мова для нас.
ruАнглийский не простой для нас.
deEnglisch fällt uns schwer.
It's not us who did it.
Не ми це зробили.
ruЭто не мы сделали.
deDas haben nicht wir gemacht.
This work is difficult for us.
Це важка для нас робота.
ruЭта работа трудная для нас.
deDiese Arbeit ist schwierig für uns.
Our uncle bought us movie tickets.
Наш дядько купив нам квитки в кіно.
ruНаш дядя купил нам билеты в кино.
deUnser Onkel hat uns Kinokarten gekauft.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English us, from Old English ūs (“us”, dative personal pronoun), from Proto-WeFrom Middle English us, from Old English ūs (“us”, dative personal pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *uns, from Proto-Germanic *uns (“us”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥swé, alteration of *n̥smé (“us”). The compensatory lengthening was lost in Middle English due to the word being unstressed when used. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uus (“us”), West Frisian us, ús (“us”), Low German uns, us (“us”), Dutch ons (“us”), German uns (“us”), Danish os (“us”), Latin nōs (“we, us”).
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