second person

See also: second-person

English

Noun

second person

1. In grammar, the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience. In English, the second person is used with the pronouns thou and you. In many languages the singular, applying to one person, and plural, applying to several people, are distinct.

   "Are" is the second person of "to be"

   "hast" is the second person singular of the German verb "haben"

   "habt" is the second person plural of the German verb "haben"

2. A form of narrative writing using verbs in the second person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to the reader.

Related terms

• second-person

Translations

the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience

• Albanian: veta e dytë f
• Arabic: مُخَاطَب m (muḵāṭab)
• Bengali: মধ্যম পুরুষ (môddhôm purush)
• Catalan: segona persona f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 第二人稱／第二人称 (dì-èr rénchēng), 第二人称 (dì'èrrénchēng)

• Czech: druhá osoba (cs) f
• Dutch: tweede persoon (nl) m
• Finnish: toinen persoona
• French: deuxième personne (fr) f
• Galician: segunda persoa (gl) f
• Georgian: მეორე პირი (meore ṗiri)
• German: zweite Person f
• Greek: δεύτερο πρόσωπο n (déftero prósopo)

  Ancient: δεύτερον πρόσωπον n (deúteron prósōpon)

• Hebrew: נוֹכֵחַ (he) m (nokhéakh), גּוּף שֵׁנִי (he) m (gúf shení)
• Hungarian: második személy (hu)
• Icelandic: önnur persóna f
• Italian: seconda persona (it) f
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• Japanese: 二人称 (ja) (ににんしょう, nininshō)
• Korean: 이인칭 (ko) (iinching)
• Lithuanian: antrasis asmuo (lt) m
• Macedonian: вто́ро ли́це n (vtóro líce)
• Navajo: bichʼį́ʼ yáʼátiʼígíí
• Norman: deûxième pèrsonne f
• Norwegian: andre person
• Polish: druga osoba f
• Portuguese: segunda pessoa (pt) f
• Romanian: persoana a doua f
• Russian: второ́е лицо́ (ru) n (vtoróje licó)
• Sanskrit: मध्यमपुरुष (sa) m (madhyamá-puruṣa)
• Scottish Gaelic: an dara pearsa m
• Slovak: druhá osoba f
• Swedish: andra person (sv) c
• Tagalog: ikalawang panauhan
• Telugu: మధ్యమ పురుషము (te) (madhyama puruṣamu)
• Uyghur: ئىككىنچى شەخس (ikkinchi shexs)

See also

• first person
• third person

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