American English

How to pronounce us

pronounA1Very common word
UHS

/əs/

One syllable.

Form of we

The speaker and one or more other people as the people affected by an action or following a preposition.

What to listen for

In natural connected speech, us is often reduced to /əs/ (“uhs”). When you say it alone or emphasize it, keep the vowel fuller.

Practice out loud

Meanings & examples

object pronoun

The speaker and one or more other people as the people affected by an action or following a preposition.

They invited us to their party.

Can you help us with our project?

Good to know

Use us after a verb or preposition, not as the subject of the sentence.

Useful expressions

we'll see

used to say that the future result is not known yet

We'll see what happens.

we have to

we must do something

We have to leave now.

Related words & forms

Use we before the action and us after it. The other common forms are our, ours, and ourselves.