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us

pronounforainm
1. object of verb or preposition
2. emphatic
3. typical or appropriate for us
4. in exclamations
5. used to mean 'me'
 pronounforainm 1 object of verb or prepositionmuid cmusinn cmu► (object of verb) he saw us chonaic sé muid, chonaic sé sinn do you believe us? an gcreideann tú muid? let us in lig isteach muid she wants to stop us ba mhaith léi muid a stopadh they're hurting us tá siad dár ngortú she loves us tá grá aici dúinn he asked us to go d'iarr sé orainn dul she told us to ring dúirt sí linn glaoch he let us sleep lig sé dúinn codladh► (object of preposition) between us and the door idir muid agus an doras you'll be lost without us beidh sibh caillte gan muid some of us are behind tá cuid dínn ar gcúl, tá cuid againn ar gcúl we took books with us thugamar leabhair linn they depend on us tá siad ag brath orainn she was talking about us bhí sí ag caint fúinn he's proud of us tá sé bródúil asainn due to us being late toisc go rabhamar déanach 2 informalneamhfhoirmeálta emphaticmuidne cmusinne cmu► (after 'be') it's us muidne atá ann, sinne atá ann it was us that said it muidne a dúirt é, sinne a dúirt é it's us she was looking for muidne a bhí sí a lorg it's us he was speaking to is linne a bhí sé ag caint► (emphatic, comparative) who, you or us? cé, sibhse nó muidne?; cé, sibhse nó sinne? anybody but us aon duine ach muidne, duine ar bith ach sinne don't show it to us ná taispeáin dúinne é don't pick us ná roghnaigh muidne us they respect tá meas acu orainne and if you were us? agus dá mba sibhse muidne? 'Who did that?' 'Us.' 'Cé a rinne é sin?' 'Muidne.'; 'Cé a rinne é sin?' 'Sinne.' you broke it, not us sibhse a bhris é agus ní muidne, sibhse a bhris é agus ní sinne 'Tell a lie? Us?' 'Bréag a insint? Muidne?', 'Bréag a insint? Sinne?' 3 informalneamhfhoirmeálta typical or appropriate for usmuidne cmusinne cmu that isn't really us ní mar sin a bhímidne dáiríre 4 in exclamations silly us! nach muidne na hamadáin!, nach sinne na hamadáin! poor us! nach muidne an trua Mhuire!, nach sinne an trua Mhuire! lucky old us! nach orainn atá an t-ádh!, nach méanar dúinn! 5 informalneamhfhoirmeálta used to mean 'me' give us a kiss tabhair póg dom pass us the milk sín chugam an bainne give us a break lig dom, éist liom
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