the first person
noun/ðə ˌfɜːst ˈpɜːsn/
/ðə ˌfɜːrst ˈpɜːrsn/
[singular]- (grammar) a set of pronouns and verb forms used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself, or to a group including himself or herself
- ‘I am’ is the first person singular of the present tense of the verb ‘to be’.
- ‘I’, ‘me’, ‘we’ and ‘us’ are first-person pronouns.
- a way of writing a novel, etc. as if one of the characters is telling the story using the word I
- in the first person The novel is written in the first person.
compare second person, third person
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the first person