HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of we-uns | Babel Free

Pronoun CEFR A1
/ˈwiːənz/

Definitions

  1. We.
    Appalachia, Midwestern-US, US
  2. Us. (Compare us'uns.)
    Appalachia, Midwestern-US, US

Examples

““We-uns hev all been a-gittin' married round hyar lately. Whar's that purty wife o' yourn?””
“‘We'uns was sittin under a tree over to the cannin factory just a little while ago, eatin our dinner, when this here stranger rode up.’”
“Then he come back to we-uns laughin'; sed the Yank offered him twenty dollars a month to go home to Maine with him, an' went on like a preacher […]”
“But Marshall Rutherford hain't no neighbour to we-uns. He hain't belongin' to Big Creek Gap. We hain't wantin' no more of Kennedy Poteet's stock in here, and we hain't aimin' to hev 'em.”

CEFR level

A1
Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.

See also

Learn this word in context

See we-uns used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course