What do they call French toast in France? (And other similar questions)
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noun
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EE. UU.EE.UU.EE UUEEUUEU Southern Cone Latin America(industry/institution) estadounidenseshe studied in the US — estudió en (los) Estados Unidos
pronoun
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1.1(as direct object)
nosthey helped us — nos ayudaron1.2(as indirect object)
noshe told us a story — nos contó un cuento- he gave us the book — nos dio el libro
- he gave it to us — nos lo dio
1.3(after preposition)
nosotrosnosotrasfor/without/with us — para/sin/con nosotros/nosotras- there were four of us — éramos cuatro
- they're older than us — son mayores que nosotros
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(emphatic use)nosotrosnosotrasthere were us and the Smiths — estábamos nosotros y los Smith- it's us, can we come in? — somos nosotros ¿podemos entrar?
- it was us — fuimos nosotros
- who, us? — ¿quién, nosotros?
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3.1US informal dialect (for ourselves)
noslet's go and get us some beer — vamos a comprarnos unas cervezas3.2British informal (me)
medo us a favor, will you? — ¿me quieres hacer un favor?- let's have a look — ¿a ver?
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