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[edit] English

Most common English words: must « these « two « #89: us » before » see » over

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English ūs.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Pronoun

us

  1. (personal) me and at least one other person; the objective case of we.
  2. (slang) me
    Give us a look at your paper.
[edit] Quotations
  • 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Luke 1:1
    Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...
[edit] Translations
objective case of "we"
  • American Sign Language: 1^o-f@IpsiChest-FingerBack RoundHoriz 1^o-f@ContraChest-FingerBack
  • Arabic: ـنا ar(ar) (-naa)
    Egyptian Arabic: ـنا (-naa)
  • Armenian: մեզ (mez)
  • Bislama: yumi, yumitupela (dual inclusive); yumitripela (trial inclusive); yumipela (plural inclusive); mitupela (dual exclusive); mitripela (trial exclusive); mipela (plural exclusive)
  • Chamicuro: a'ti
  • Dutch: ons nl(nl)
  • Esperanto: ni eo(eo)
  • Ewe: míawo
  • 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 de(de)
  • 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
slang: me
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[edit] Determiner

us

  1. The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.
    It's not good enough for us teachers.
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[edit] Etymology 2

Derived from the similarity between the letter u and the Greek letter µ.

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us

  1. Alternative spelling of µs.

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic from Proto-Indo-European *n̥s, *nes. Cognates include Old Frisian ūs (West Frisian ús), Old Saxon ūs (Dutch ons), Old High German uns (German uns), Old Norse oss (Swedish oss), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍃 (uns). The IE root is also the source of Latin nos.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Pronoun

ūs (personal pronoun)

  1. us: accusative or dative plural form of iċ

[edit] Tz'utujil

[edit] Noun

us

  1. fly (insect)

[edit] West Frisian

[edit] Pronoun

us

  1. see ús
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