Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

How to say "we" in Russian

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мы

Meaning: we, us (in grammar cases)

Pronunciation: [mi]

Part of speech: pronoun

Rank: #23 (see frequency list)

We are friends.
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Example sentences:

Зáвтра мы бу́дем в Москвé.
We'll be in Moscow tomorrow.
У нас есть большáя собáка.
We have a big dog.
Ты рáзве отдáл нам ключи́?
Did you really give us the keys back?
Я не понимáю, чтó он от нас хóчет.
I don't understand what he wants from us.
Заходи́ к нам в гócти - поболтáем.
Come to see us, we'll have a chat. (informal)
literal Come to us as a guest - we'll chat.
Они́ реши́ли поéхать на óзеро с нáми.
They decided to go to the lake with us.
Я ду́маю о нас, о нáших отношéниях.
I'm thinking about us, about our relations.
Мы с пáпой вчерá весь день убирáлись.
My dad and I were cleaning up the flat.
literal We with dad were cleaning up the flat all day yesterday.
У нас с сестрóй был грипп.
My sister and I had a flu.
literal At us with sister was a flu.
Мы с вáми где-то встречáлись.
We've met somewhere before.
literal We with you met somewhere.
Мы сказáли, что биогрáфия э́того áвтора чрезвычáйно интерécна.
We've mentioned that the biography of this author is extremely interesting.
literal We've said that the biography of this author is extremely interesting.
Поду́маешь экзáмен! Это нам не стрáшно!
Ok, an exam, so what! I'm not afraid of it!
literal You think, exam! We're not afraid of it!
Ну, как мы себя́ чу́вствуем?
So, how are you feeling?
literal So, how are we feeling?
Ты читáл ромáн Е.Замя́тина "Мы"?
Have you read Zamiatin's novel "We"?

Idioms and set expressions:

э́то нас не касáется = it's not our business
literal it doesn't touch us
нам э́то извécтно = we're aware of it
literal it's know to us
мéжду нáми говоря́ = between you and me
literal between us talking

Related words:

наш = our, ours
я = I
ты = you
он, онá = he, she, it

Proverbs and sayings:

Все мы лю́ди, все человéки.
All the people have their own defects.
literal We all are people, we all are persons.
Мы бы поги́бли, écли бы не погибáли.
We'd have perished if we hadn't been killed at war.
literal We'd have perished if we hadn't perished.

Other forms of the word (declensions):

Case	Form
Nominative	мы
Genitive	нас
Dative	нам
Accusative	нас
Instrumental	на́ми
Prepositional	нас

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