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Complete Definition of "third person"

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Noun
en-noun|sg=third person|-

#In grammar, the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement. In English, pronouns used with the third person include he, she, it, one, they, and who.
#:"Is" is the third person singular of "to be"
#A form of narrative writing using verbs in the third person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to another person.

Translations

Danish: tredje person
Dutch: derde persoon m
Finnish: kolmas persoona
French: troisième personne
German: dritte Person f
Icelandic: þriðja persóna f
Italian: terza persona
Japanese: 三人称 (ã•ã‚“ã«ã‚“ã—ょã†, san'ninshÅ)
Norwegian: Tredjeperson
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Portuguese: terceira pessoa
Romanian: persoana a treia
Russian: третье лицо (trét’je litsó) n
Slovak: tretia osoba f
Spanish: tercera persona

See also
third-person
fourth person

Related terms
first person
second person

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