third person

1. (countable, uncountable, with definite article)The words, word-forms, and grammatical structures, taken collectively, that are normally used of people or things other than the speaker or the audience.

   In English, the third person consists of pronouns such as he, she, it, and they, verbs such as is and has, and most nouns.

   pronouns and verbs that are used to refer to something other than the speaker or addressee of the language in which they occur

2. (countable, uncountable)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”.

   dritte Person

   тре́тье лицо́trétʹje licó

   тре́тя осо́баtrétja osóba

3. (countable, uncountable)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.

4. (countable, uncountable)A form of video game in which the graphical view depicts the player character, rather than the view through the character's eyes.

5. (countable, uncountable)Someone not associated with a particular matter; a third party.

6. (countable, uncountable)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, person.

1. Tom is the third person in line.

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2. I was the third person in line.

   deIch war der dritte in der Warteschlange.

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3. Tom was the third person to arrive.

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4. I'm the third youngest person on the team.

   deIch bin der Drittjüngste in dieser Mannschaft.

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5. Try rewriting this in the third person.

   Спробуй це переписати у третій особі.

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• IIIrd personalternative