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Nosotros somos los amigos de él.

Nosotros somos los amigos de él.
We are his friends.
From Lesson 3:Plural pronouns and 'ser' (somos, sois, son)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Nosotros somos los amigos de él.

Do I always need to include Nosotros before somos?
No, it is optional! Because the verb somos already means 'we are', you can just drop the pronoun and say Somos los amigos de él. Adding Nosotros (we) just adds a little extra emphasis to the sentence.
If a group of women is speaking, how does this sentence change?
A group of women would say Nosotras somos las amigas de él. They use the feminine 'we' (Nosotras) and the feminine word for friends (las amigas). Nosotros is used for an all-male group or a mixed-gender group.
Why is it de él instead of a single Spanish word for 'his'?
You can definitely say sus amigos (his friends). However, because the word sus can mean his, her, their, or your (formal), Spanish speakers often use de él (literally 'of him') to be crystal clear about exactly whose friends they are.
Why does él have an accent mark here?
The accent mark shows that él is a pronoun meaning 'he' or 'him'. Without the written accent mark, el is a completely different word that means 'the'.

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