Us or we?
"Our characteristics make us/we and friends go to the movies."
Us/we is used as a direct object of the verb make.
Would you say?
Our characteristics make us
or
Our characteristics make we
Right.
In the sentence you provided, the correct word to use is "we." The pronoun "we" is used as the subject of a sentence or clause, whereas "us" is used as the object of a verb or preposition. Since "we" is referring to "our characteristics" in this sentence, which are the subject, we use "we" to indicate that both "our characteristics" and "friends" are going to the movies.
To determine if "we" or "us" is correct in a sentence, you can try expanding or rearranging the sentence to see if it still makes sense. For example, if you expand the sentence to say "Our characteristics make us go to the movies," it becomes clear that "us" does not work as the subject. On the other hand, if you expand it to say "Our characteristics make we go to the movies," it sounds grammatically incorrect.
Therefore, in this specific sentence, you should use "we."