Complete Definition of "second person"

English
Noun
en-noun|sg=second person|-

#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"
#:"amas" is the second person singular of the Spanish verb "amar"
#:"amais" is the second person plural of the Spanish verb "amar"
#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.

Translations

Dutch: tweede persoon m
Finnish: toinen persoona
German: zweite Person f
Icelandic: önnur persóna f
Italian: seconda persona
Japanese: �人称 (������, nininsh�)
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Norwegian: Andreperson
Romanian: persoana a doua
Russian: в�о�ое ли�о (vtoróje litsó) n
Slovak: druhá osoba f

Related terms
second-person

See also
first person
third person

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