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Answer by dabisu for Difference between "私達" and "われわれ" when used as...

Essentially, both mean "We". In my experience 我々 has the nuance of a "we" within a defined group: we (our class, our company, our country), where 私達 has no nuance. A very common use case is 我々日本人

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Answer by naruto for Difference between "私達" and "われわれ" when used as...

There is not such verb as 出来上げる, although 出来上がる (intransitive) and 作り上げる (transitive) exist.No one can possess a verb. That の after 我々/私たち is a subject marker, which can replace が only in relative...

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Answer by Yokunakunakunakunakunakunai for Difference between "私達" and "われわれ"...

There are no such differences in terms of nuances that you point out. Both are not rude and can be used for 4,5 people.私たち and われわれ are always interchangeable without making the sentence rude or...

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Answer by sazarando for Difference between "私達" and "われわれ" when used as...

I don't believe that there is any special difference in meaning imparted by adding の to われわれ or わたしたち・わたくしたち.Adding の only turns these words into a possessive pronouns.The choice between these...

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Difference between "私達" and "われわれ" when used as possessive pronouns?

When you are talking to a 3rd person, fundamentally(1) それは、私達の出来あげたものです。 (2) それは、われわれの出来あげたものです。mean:That is something that we all created together.With regard to using them as first person, plural,...

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