We, us - Nous (The 31st Most Common French Word)

The French word for We, us is Nous. This word often comes up when talking about ownership. It can be used as pronoun. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 31st most commonly used word in French. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced. Download our app for offline access to this and the other 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

en English: we, us

fr French: nous

Examples

en fr
We are not going to do that Nous n'allons pas faire ça
We're leaving. Nous partons.
We're all on the same team. Nous appartenons toutes à la même équipe.
May God be with us. Que Dieu soit avec nous.
He is precious to us. Il est précieux pour nous.
We only have one opportunity. Nous n'avons qu'une seule chance.
You can't kill both of us. Tu ne peux pas nous tuer tous les deux.
They're waiting for us. Elles nous attendent.

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We, us - Nous (The 31st Most Common French Word)
We need help. Il nous faut de l'aide.
Now we don't need to do it. Maintenant, nous n'avons plus besoin de le faire.
We don't need you. Nous n'avons pas besoin de vous.
We needed your help. Nous avons besoin de ton aide
We're good. Nous n'avons besoin de rien.
We all need to work together. Il nous faut tous travailler ensemble.
We require much sleep. Nous avons besoin de beaucoup de sommeil.
That's the help we need. C'est l'aide dont nous avons besoin.
We need money to do anything. Nous avons besoin d'argent pour faire n'importe quoi.
We need more. Nous avons besoin de plus.
Our sister will be with us soon. Notre sœur sera bientôt avec nous.
We've come home. Nous sommes rentrés chez nous.
Everyone went except us. Toutes s'en allèrent, sauf nous.

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We, us - Nous (The 31st Most Common French Word)

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