No. 43 in French
nous
"We" or "us."
In a sentence
Nous allons au marché pour acheter des fruits.
We are going to the market to buy fruits.
In this sentence, 'nous' is used as the subject pronoun 'we' to indicate that the speakers are undertaking the action together.
Le professeur nous a donné des devoirs après la leçon.
The teacher gave us homework after the lesson.
Here, 'nous' is used as an object pronoun referring to the group including the speakers, indicating that they received the action of the verb 'gave'.
Nous-mêmes, nous avons pris cette décision.
We ourselves made this decision.
In this instance, 'nous' appears as both the subject and in the emphatic form 'nous-mêmes' to emphasize that the speakers alone made the decision.
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