How Many Persons Are in Grammar?

In grammar, ‘person’ is a way of referring to someone.

Person’ is a category to identify a person speaking, a person to whom a speaker is talking, and those about whom they are speaking.

There are three persons in grammar.

Those are-

1. First person
     
2. Second person
    
3. Third person
    

In grammar, the personal pronouns are: I, we, you, he, she, it, and they.

• When one person is mentioned, it is called the singular number.
• When more than one person is mentioned, it is called the plural number.

The first person

We use this category from the speaker’s point of view.

It’s singular: I, and plural: we.

The second person

We use this category for those to whom we speak.

It is singular: you, and also plural: you.

The Third person

We use this category for everyone else except the first and second persons.

It’s singular: he, she, it, or any other person, and plural- they, any other persons.

• Knowing about persons is essential before learning the tenses.

Let’s see the numbers of persons in tabular form.

Have a look

Related Lessons-

1. Alphabet
2. Gender
3. Number
4. Use of ‘am’:  profession

All Lessons of Listening Grammar