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"Wir" vs. "Uns"/"Unser"/"Unsere"
Hello everyone,
What is the difference between "wir" and "uns" or "unser(e)"?
I suspect that "uns" etc. is used in possessive circumstances.
Thank you! AP4418
May 2, 2018
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..."I suspect that "uns" etc. is used in possessive circumstances."
Sorry if anyone has already said this, and I missed it, but whilst the possessive stuff has already been covered by others, it might be worth mentioning that uns can just mean us (as in: er kommt mit uns).
You also see uns a lot with reflexive verbs; things like:
Wir bürsten uns die Haare, where the sense is closer to: “We brush ourselves the hair,” than a possessive: "We brush our hair "
(at least that's how i see it; my grasp of reflexive verbs has always been a bit dodgy )