us
私たちを
解説 Definition
話し手を含む複数の人を、動詞や前置詞の目的語として示す語。weの目的格。
The objective form of we, used for a group that includes the speaker when that group receives an action or follows a preposition. It can refer to two or more people and sometimes to people collectively associated with the speaker.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
we は動作をする側、us は動作を受ける側と対にして覚えると定着しやすいです。We helped her. なら「私たちが」、She helped us. なら「私たちを」となります。また、for us、with us、to us のように前置詞の後では必ず us を使う、と文の位置ごと覚えましょう。
Learn we and us as a subject–object pair, just like they and them. Use we for the people performing an action: “We helped her.” Use us when those people receive the action: “She helped us.” Also choose us after a preposition, as in for us, with us, and to us. A quick test is to replace the group with “me”: if the sentence needs me rather than I, it likewise needs us rather than we.
例文
Please help us with this box.
この箱を運ぶのを手伝ってください。
She invited us to dinner.
彼女は私たちを夕食に招いてくれた。
This gift is for us.
この贈り物は私たちへのものです。
us の類義語・関連語
us の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語の一人称複数代名詞 ūs に由来し、ゲルマン諸語に共通する古い語です。主語として使う we に対する目的格で、動作を受ける側や前置詞の後に置かれる「私たち」を表します。
Us comes from Old English ūs, an objective form of the first-person plural pronoun. It has cognates in other Germanic languages and belongs to one of the oldest layers of English vocabulary. Modern English preserves the distinction between subject we and object us: we normally performs the action, whereas us receives it or follows a preposition.
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