As it was

[Sekisova_tatiana]

Hi my friends!
I have a question and I would like to get an answer, if it possible

Recently I heard a very popular song "As it was", I think you know this song. I was singing with Harry, and one phrase surprised me. Here is this phrase: "It's just us" - есть только мы. Why do they use this phrase with plural? I understand "it's a girl, it's milk", but why with us? Isn't it correct to write "these are we"? I thought maybe for a song it's normal, but I searched on the Internet and pointed out that this phrase is used rather often. Help please, I need your help

[Deleted User 114]

Hi my friends!
I have a question and I would like to get an answer, if it possible

Recently I heard a very popular song "As it was", I think you know this song. I was singing with Harry, and one phrase surprised me. Here is this phrase: "It's just us" - есть только мы. Why do they use this phrase with plural? I understand "it's a girl, it's milk", but why with us? Isn't it correct to write "these are we"? I thought maybe for a song it's normal, but I searched on the Internet and pointed out that this phrase is used rather often. Help please, I need your help

In English it is okay to say “It is just us”. Another way to say the same thing would be “It is only us”.

It is technically correct to write “These are we”, but I have never heard that phrase used before. “These are they” I have heard though, as well as “This is us”.

I hope I was able to answer your question.

[panyamnyenyekevu]

Hi my friends!
I have a question and I would like to get an answer, if it possible

Recently I heard a very popular song "As it was", I think you know this song. I was singing with Harry, and one phrase surprised me. Here is this phrase: "It's just us" - есть только мы. Why do they use this phrase with plural? I understand "it's a girl, it's milk", but why with us? Isn't it correct to write "these are we"? I thought maybe for a song it's normal, but I searched on the Internet and pointed out that this phrase is used rather often. Help please, I need your help

“Just” us as opposed to more than just us. We aren’t including people outside of the group described by “us” in other words. Another example:

Us vs. them.

Us vs the world.

[chemiazrit]

"It's just us" - есть только мы.

Actually, the correct translation would be Это только мы.

Itin constructions like this is called the "impersonal it" and can refer to a singular or plural entity, for example It was Mary and Beth who baked the cake.