Definition of Person –
In English grammar Nouns and Pronouns can be divided into different types of Person to distinguish among who is the speaker, to whom something is speaking , about whom something is speaking.
There are three types of Person–
1 . First Person – It refers to the ‘ Person ‘ who is speaking or it refers to the speaker .
They are – generally – ‘ I ‘ ( singular ) and ‘ we ‘( plural ) .
Both of these Pronouns are subjective because they are used as subjects .
Example – I did the job .
We play football everyday.
But there are other First Person Pronouns also , they are – ‘me ‘ and ‘ us ‘ in objective sense and ‘ my ‘, ‘ mine ‘ , ‘ our ‘ and ‘ ours ‘ in possessive cases.
2. Second Person – It refers to Pronouns to whom something is speaking or to the listener.
They are – ‘ you ‘, ‘your ‘ and ‘yours‘ . ( Can be used to indicate both singular and plural form )
Example – You must join the meeting.
3. Third Person – Every other Pronouns ( except First Person and Second Person ) and nouns are Third Person . They are neither speakers nor listeners. Speaker used to speak something about themselves.
They are – All the ‘ Nouns ‘ , like – Himalaya , book , Volga, sky etc. and other Pronouns like –
Singular form –
‘he‘ , ‘ she‘ , ‘his,’ ‘ her ‘ , ‘ him ‘, ‘hers,’ ‘ it ‘ and ‘ its ‘
Plural form –
‘ they ‘ , ‘ them ‘, ‘ their‘ and ‘ theirs ‘
Example of Sentences –
He is very skillful .
They play football everyday.
Himalaya is very large .
The book has hundred pages.
