Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)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.

    “Are” is the second person of “to be”.

    “Hast” is the second person singular of the German verb “haben”.

    zweite Person

    второ́е лицо́vtoróje licó

    дру́га осо́баdrúha osóba

  2. (countable, uncountable)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.

More definitions
  • pronouns and verbs used to refer to the person addressed by the language in which they occur

Examples

12 sentences
  1. You're the second person that's said that to me today.

    deDu bist der zweite, der mir das heute sagt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I think I know who that second person is.

    ruМне кажется, я знаю, кто этот второй человек. — Walentinio

  3. Why did you write this in the second person?

  4. You're the second person who's said that to me today.

    deDu bist der zweite, der mir das heute sagt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. You're the second person to say that to me today.

    ruТы уже второй человек за сегодня, который мне это говорит. — marafon

    deDu bist der zweite, der mir das heute sagt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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