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nos — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ourselves pron Used to refer back to the speaker and others as the same people affected by the action, or to emphasize that group.
  • us pron The object form of "we" — used to refer to the speaker together with one or more other people.
  • we pron The speaker together with at least one other person.

Senses

nos is used for these senses in English:

  • ourselves (reflexive) Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject.
  • us 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:
  • we The institution which the speaker/writer is acting for. (This is the editorial we, used by writers and others when speaking with the authority of their publication or organisation.)

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