us

us [ʌs]

personal pronoun

nous

• he hit us il nous a frappés

• give it to us donnez-le-nous

• in front of us devant nous

• let's go! allons-y !

• younger than us plus jeune que nous

• both of us tous (or toutes) les deux

• several of us plusieurs d'entre nous

• he is one of us il est des nôtres

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[ʌs, əs]

Note: The direct or indirect object pronoun us is always translated by nous: she knows us = elle nous connaît. Note that both the direct and the indirect object pronouns come before the verb in French and that in compound tenses like the present perfect and past perfect, the past participle agrees in gender and number with the direct object pronoun: he's seen us (masculine or mixed gender object) il nous a vus; (feminine object) il nous a vues

In imperatives nous comes after the verb: tell us! = dis-nous!; give it to us or give us it = donne-le-nous (note the hyphens)

After the verb to be and after prepositions the translation is also nous: it's us = c'est nous

For expressions with let us or let's see the entry let

For particular usages see the entry below

pronoun nous

both of us — tous/toutes les deux

every single one of us — chacun/-e d'entre nous

people like us — des gens comme nous

some of us — quelques uns/unes d'entre nous

she's one of us — elle est des nôtres

give us a hand, will you? — (colloq) tu peux me donner un coup de main s'il te plaît?

give us a look! — (colloq) fais voir!

English-French dictionary. 2013.