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ons
"Ons" means "us" or "our" in English, depending on the context.
In a sentence
Ons huis is groot en gezellig.
Our house is big and cozy.
Here, 'ons' is a possessive pronoun referring to 'our', indicating that the house belongs to the speaker and their group (1st person plural).
We hebben het voor onszelf gedaan.
We did it for ourselves.
In this sentence, 'ons' is part of the reflexive pronoun 'onszelf', used to describe that the action was performed by the subject upon itself.
De leraar gaf ons huiswerk mee.
The teacher gave us homework.
Here, 'ons' functions as an object pronoun, indicating the indirect object (the receiver of the action) in the sentence.
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