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Meaning of second person | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. 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.
    countable, uncountable
  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.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية مخاطب
Čeština druhá osoba
Deutsch zweite Person
Français deuxième personne
עברית נוכח
Italiano seconda persona
日本語 二人称
한국어 2인칭 이인칭
Nederlands tweede persoon
Português segunda pessoa
Русский второе лицо
Tiếng Việt ngôi thứ hai

Examples

““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”.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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