our
pronunciation
How to pronounce our in British English:
UK [ˈaʊə(r) , ɑː(r)]
How to pronounce our in American English:
US [aʊər , ɑːr]
Word Origin
- our
- our: [OE] Our is the English member of the common Germanic family of first person plural possessive forms, which also includes German unser and Dutch onze. They all come from the same prehistoric base, *ons, as produced English us.=> us
- our (pron.)
- Old English ure "of us," genitive plural of the first person pronoun, from Proto-Germanic *ons (cognates: Old Saxon usa, Old Frisian use, Old High German unsar, German unser, Gothic unsar "our"), from PIE *nes-, oblique case of personal pronoun in first person plural (source of Latin nos "we," noster "our"). Also compare ours. Ourselves (late 15c.), modeled on yourselves, replaced original construction we selfe, us selfum, etc.
Example
- 1. Sometimes we plan projects for our school .
- 2. Why did you choose our firm ?
- 3. We must safeguard our motherland .
- 4. Gratefully we bid our driver goodbye .
- 5. Should we change our mind ?