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# nous — French to English

How French *nous* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

The Elamur Dictionary has no French section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: nous (964 643). By style: everyday 23 284 · literary 626 · biblical 1 800 · parliamentary 479 628 · legal and administrative 1 009 · UN documents 458 296.

## we

Used about 833 039 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 19 403 · literary ≈ 430 · biblical ≈ 1 163 · parliamentary ≈ 429 667 · legal and administrative ≈ 462 · UN documents ≈ 381 913). Meaning: [we in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/we/).

- **Nous** devons y aller.
  **We** need to go.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1893749](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1893749) [\#1532757](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1532757))

- --**Nous** n'avons personne.
  “**We** expect no one.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 31175)

- parce que **nous** sommes membres de son corps.
  because **we** are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EPH 5:30)

- Au contraire, **nous** le défendons.
  On the contrary, **we** defend them.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 595757)

- **Nous**, nom de l'organisme examinateur,
  **We**, name of the examining body,
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 4843143)

## us

Used about 52 185 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 396 · literary ≈ 130 · biblical ≈ 413 · parliamentary ≈ 9 992 · legal and administrative ≈ 63 · UN documents ≈ 38 191).

- Peuvent-elles **nous** voir ?
  Can they see **us**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1887053](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1887053) [\#1890073](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1890073))

- --Dieu **nous** inspirera, dit-il.
  “God will inspire **us**,” said he.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6253)

- Pierre lui dit: Seigneur, est-ce à **nous**, ou à tous, que tu adresses cette parabole?
  Peter said to him, “Lord, are you telling this parable to **us**, or to everybody?”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 12:41)

- Un Kosovo sans viabilité économique, ruiné et frappé d'un chômage à 70% restera une tragédie pour **nous** tous.
  A Kosovo without economic viability, ruined and with 70% unemployment will remain a tragedy for **us** all.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 952291)

- Aidez-**nous** à améliorer nos services (zone de texte libre) \[champ facultatif\]
  Help **us** improve (free text box) \[optional field\]
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 5238159)

## our

Used about 10 218 times in the texts (literary ≈ 13 · biblical ≈ 150 · parliamentary ≈ 9 992 · legal and administrative ≈ 63).

- Or, pour **nous**, dans l'histoire où là bonté est la perle rare, qui a été bon passe presque avant qui a été grand.
  Now, to **our** mind, in history, where kindness is the rarest of pearls, the man who is kindly almost takes precedence of the man who is great.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18204)

- Aussi vrai que Dieu est fidèle, la parole que **nous** vous avons adressée n’a pas été oui et non.
  But as God is faithful, **our** word toward you was not “Yes and no.”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 1:18)

- **Nous** proposons que le pilier économique de notre Union économique et monétaire soit davantage développé.
  **Our** proposal is to further develop the economic pillar of our Economic and Monetary Union.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1510470)

- Si un autre pays accepte la responsabilité de l’examen de votre demande, **nous** vous informerons de notre décision de:
  If another country accepts that it is responsible for examining your application, you will be informed of **our** decision:
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 3251272)

- Cantique des degrés. De David. Sans l’Éternel qui **nous** protégea, Qu’Israël le dise!
  A Song of Ascents. By David. If it had not been the LORD who was on **our** side, let Israel now say,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 124:1)

## now

Used about 9 992 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 9 992). Meaning: [now in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/now/).

- La Commission **nous** a fourni là une excellente base, que les prochaines présidences et la Commission elle-même devront désormais intégrer progressivement à leur travail, concrétiser de plus en plus.
  That was an extraordinarily sound foundation provided by the Commission and each successive presidency and Commission must **now** make that foundation more secure and give it ever more practical expression.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 210199)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- Réunissons-**nous** pour Noël.
  Let's all get together over Christmas.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and CK · checked, community translation · [\#7653880](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7653880) [\#9497341](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9497341))

- et puisque **nous** avons un souverain sacrificateur établi sur la maison de Dieu,
  and having a great priest over God’s house,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HEB 10:21)

- car **nous** recherchons ce qui est bien, non seulement devant le Seigneur, mais aussi devant les hommes.
  Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 8:21)

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-fr/) · [translating into English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-en/).

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