Meaning of oss | Babel Free
/ɔs/Definitioner
- us (objective case)
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obsolete typography of oss (“us”) alt-of, obsolete
- reflexive case of vi; compare ourselves
Ekvivalenter
Exempel
“Såg du oss där?”
Did you see us there?
“Det finns bara en av mig och det är jag. Det finns bara en av dig och det är du. Det finns bara två av oss, och det är vi.”
There is only one of me and that is I. There is only one of you [object] and that is you [subject]. There are only two of us, and that is us [we – subject]. [Swedish has some of the same subject/object fuzziness as English, but a standalone "Det är " idiomatically (through intuition rather than being taught) uses the subject form]
“Vi skulle vilja lära oss jonglera”
We would like to learn how to juggle
“Ska vi gå hem till dig eller hem till mig, eller var och en hem till sitt? Ska vi göra som dom andra och ägna oss åt varandra, eller ska var och en sköta sitt?”
Shall we go to your place ["home to you" – idiomatic] or to my place [home to me], or each one ["each and one" – idiomatic] home to theirs [nominalized – neuter gender is used when there is no concrete referent, like in impersonal constructions and here, as a rule of thumb]? Shall we do like the others and spend time on each other [engage ourselves in each other as an activity – doesn't have the connotations of devote], or shall each one mind [take care of] theirs [nominalized]?
“Serviteur très humble Monsieur le Baron, så rasande J behagar kalla oß, så bör det föracht som J Oß tilskrifwer snarare kallas ömhet och kiärlek för wåra Landz-Män; […]”
Serviteur très humble Monsieur le Baron, if as furious as you please to call us, then let the contempt you attribute to US be rather called affection and love for our countrymen; […]
“Haͤrpå gåfwo wi oß til ſjoͤs, och ſatte wår koſa på de Canariſka oͤarna, eller raͤttare ſagt, emellan deßa oͤar och de Africaniſka kuſterne, hwareſt wi ſtraxt en morgon blefwo warſe en Sjoͤroͤfware ifrån Salée, hwilken oß med utſpaͤnda ſegel efterſatte.”
Hereupon we ſet [us] out to ſea, and ſet our courſe for the Canarian iſlands, or rather, between theſe iſlands and the African coaſts, where one morning we ſoon obſerved a pirate from Salée, who gave chaſe to us with full ſails.
“Man canoniſerar den älſkade; ty hon förekommer oß alltid ſåſom något heligt, den mognare öfwerläggningen må ſå mycket den will uppreſa ſig deremot ſåſom advocatus diaboli.”
One doth canonise the beloved; for she ever presenteth herself unto us as something sacred, however much mature deliberation may strive to oppose it in the manner of an advocatus diaboli.
CEFR-nivå
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.