nous autres

Meanings

Pronoun

1. we (exclusive first-person plural pronoun — others and I but not you)

2. we (inclusive or exclusive — you and I; you, others, and I; or others and I) (Canada, Louisiana)

3. us (objective case of we) (Louisiana, following a preposition or infinitive)

Examples4

Nous-autres est après pomper le riz.

We are irrigating the rice.

Pape avait des chaussons, et nous-autres on avait des chaussettes.

Daddy had man's socks, and the rest of us had regular socks.

Nous autres Japonais vivons de riz.

We Japanese live on rice.

Tom fut capable de faire ce que nous autres étions incapables de faire.

Tom was able to do what the rest of us weren't able to do.