first person
Forms of pronouns or verbs used for the speaker or writer of the sentence in which…Forms of pronouns or verbs used for the speaker or writer of the sentence in which they occur.
» Tom wasn't the first person here.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Forms of pronouns or verbs used for the speaker or writer of the sentence in which they occur.
"Am" is the first person singular of "to be".
erste Person
пе́рвое лицо́pérvoje licó
пе́рша осо́баpérša osóba
pronouns and verbs used to refer to the speaker or writer of the language in which they occur
(countable, uncountable)A form of narrative writing using verbs in the first person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to the narrator.
Examples
162 sentencesTom wasn't the first person here.
I wasn't the first person here.
Tom was the first person here.
You're the first person to arrive.
You're the first person here today.
Translations
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Origin
Calque of Latin prīma persōna, itself a calque of Ancient Greek πρῶτον πρόσωπον (prôton prCalque of Latin prīma persōna, itself a calque of Ancient Greek πρῶτον πρόσωπον (prôton prósōpon). Displaced native Old English forma had, literally, "form hade".
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Forms
plural: first personsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable