Haukur,

You refer to "a concept that doesn't exist in English."

The construction "you two" or "we two" is actually used quite often. It is
another way of saying "the two of you" or "the two of us". The latter is of
course the more common structure, and as the number of participants
increases beyond say three or four you will not find people saying "we
eight" or "you eight", etc.

The construction is to establish particularity. In other words it isn't
just any two people, it's we two or you two. Is that the same concept as in
ON, or does "we two" in ON have a different meaning?

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