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nos

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A pronoun is a word that stands in for a noun (e.g. she).

pronoun

1. (direct object)

a. nos

Dad usually helps us with homework after dinner.Papá suele ayudarnos con los deberes después de la cena.

2. (indirect object)

a. nos

They gave us a present.Nos dieron un regalo.

3. (after preposition)

a. nosotros

They are not smarter than us.No son más inteligentes que nosotros.

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

(me) (United Kingdom)

a. me

Give us a look at your new car.Déjame ver tu coche nuevo.

A pronoun is a word that stands in for a noun (e.g. she).

pronoun

1. (object)

a. nos

she forgave our son but not USperdonó a nuestro hijo, pero no a nosotros

she gave us the booknos dio el libro

she gave it to usnos lo dio

2. (after preposition)

a. nosotros

3. (as complement of verb to be)

a. nosotros

it's us!¡somos nosotros!

us [ʌs]

pronoun

1 (direct/indirect object) nos

they helped us nos ayudaron; look at us! ¡míranos!; give it to us dánoslo; they gave us some brochures nos dieron unos folletos; see if you can find us some food mira a ver si nos encuentras algo de comer

2 (after prepositions, in comparisons, with the verb to be) nosotrosasnosotras;as nosotras

why don't you come with us? ¿por qué no vienes con nosotros?; several of us varios de nosotros; he is one of us es uno de nosotros; both of us los dos; they are older than us son mayores que nosotros; as for us English, we ... en cuanto a nosotros los ingleses, ...; it's us somos nosotros

with "to be"

3 (Britain) (me) me

give us a bit! ¡dame un poco!; give us a look! ¡déjame ver!

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