Nosotros

Quick Answer

Nosotrosis a Spanish pronoun that means we, us, or ourselves in English. It is used to refer to a group of people that includes the speaker and at least one other person. Read on to learn more about how to use the pronoun nosotros!

Nosotros: When Do You Use It?

You may have noticed that the word nosotros is used frequently in conversation and writing. But what does it mean and how is it used? It depends on whether it is used as subject or prepositional pronoun.

Nosotros as a Subject Pronoun

Nosotros is one of two first-person plural subject pronouns in Spanish. We use it when referring to a group of people that includes the speaker and at least one other person. For example, if you are speaking with a group of friends, you would use nosotros to refer to all of you as a group.

For example:

examples
Ayer fui al cine. - Nosotros vamos mañana. I went the movies yesterday. – We’re going tomorrow.
¿Qué vas a comer? Nosotros vamos a pedir pizza. What are you going to eat? We’re going to order pizza.

When the group of people being referred to is composed of women/girls and at least one man/boy, then the pronoun used is nosotros. If all the members of the group are women/girls, then nosotras is used instead.

Nosotros Conjugations

When talking about things that we do, be sure to use the correct nosotros conjugation. Let's take a look at some of the nosotros conjugations for the verb ir (to go).

Nosotros Conjugation	Tense/Aspect/Mood
vamos(we go)	simple present
fuimos(we went)	simple past
iremos(we'll go)	simple future
íbamos(we were going)	imperfect
iríamos(we would go)	conditional
vamos(let's go)	affirmative command

examples
Nosotros vamos a la escuela en autobús. We go to school by bus.
Nosotros fuimos ayer al museo. We went to the museum yesterday.
Nosotros iremos a México el verano próximo. We’ll go to Mexico next summer.

Check our conjugation feature to learn how to conjugate verbs in the nosotros form.

It is important to note that nosotros is used only when the speaker is included in the group being referred to. If the speaker is not included in the group, the third person plural pronouns ellos(they) or ellas(they) or the second person plural pronouns ustedes(you-all) or vosotros(you-all) are used instead.

Nosotros as a Prepositional Pronoun

Prepositional pronouns are pronouns that come after prepositions, such as de(of), para(for), or con(with). In Spanish nosotros can be used after a preposition to mean us or ourselves.

examples
Marta irá al cine con nosotros. Marta will go to the movies with us.
Ese paquete es para nosotros. That package is for us.
Repartimos el tesoro entre nosotros. We divided the treasure up amongst ourselves.

Now that you know how to use nosotros, brush up on your knowledge of other pronouns in Spanish:

• Subject Pronouns in Spanish

• Prepositional Pronouns in Spanish