No. 991 in Russian
нам
"To us" or "for us."
In a sentence
Нам нужно пойти в магазин.
We need to go to the store.
In this sentence, 'нам' is used as an indirect object pronoun in the dative case to indicate for whom the action is necessary.
Учитель сказал нам, что завтра будет тест.
The teacher told us that there will be a test tomorrow.
Here, 'нам' is used as an indirect object pronoun to specify to whom the teacher addressed his words.
Нам нравится эта книга.
We like this book.
In this sentence, 'нам' is used in a construction expressing subjective interest or liking, with 'нравится' denoting this feeling and 'нам' indicating who feels it.
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