us
Designates the speaker/writer as constituting or belonging to the stated category of…Designates the speaker(s)/writer(s) as constituting or belonging to the stated category of people (objective case).
Meaning
3 sensesDesignates the speaker(s)/writer(s) as constituting or belonging to the stated category of people (objective case).
It's not good enough for us teachers.
(proscribed)Designates the speaker(s)/writer(s) as constituting or belonging to the stated category of people (subjective case).
(Northern England)Our.
We'll have to throw us food out.
Examples
26233 sentencesWhy aren't you coming with us?
Чому ти не йдеш з нами? — deniko
ruПочему ты не идёшь с нами? — marafon
deWieso kommst du nicht mit uns? — MUIRIEL
English is not easy for us.
Англійська непроста мова для нас. — deniko
ruАнглийский не простой для нас. — Balamax
deEnglisch fällt uns schwer. — raggione
It's not us who did it.
Не ми це зробили. — User55521
ruЭто не мы сделали. — shanghainese
deDas haben nicht wir gemacht. — Cocolate
This work is difficult for us.
Це важка для нас робота. — deniko
ruЭта работа трудная для нас. — Balamax
deDiese Arbeit ist schwierig für uns. — Tamy
Our uncle bought us movie tickets.
Наш дядько купив нам квитки в кіно. — deniko
ruНаш дядя купил нам билеты в кино. — afyodor
deUnser Onkel hat uns Kinokarten gekauft. — Wolf
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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