second person
second person noun: 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.
Noun
second person (countable and uncountable, plural second persons)
- 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”.
- 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.
second person meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
second person in Hindi
- second person
- मध्यम पुरुष madhyam puruṣ
second person in Tamil
- the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience
- முன்னிலை muṉṉilai
second person in Marathi
- the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience
- मध्यम पुरुष madhyam puruṣ
second person in Bengali
- the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience
- মধ্যম পুরুষ moddhom puruś
More languagesFewer languages
- second person in Telugu
- మధ్యమ పురుషము madhyama puruṣamu
- second person in Kannada
- ಕೇಳುಗ
- second person in Sanskrit
- मध्यमपुरुष madhyamá-puruṣa
- second person in Tagalog
- ikalawang panauhan
- second person in Arabic
- مُخَاطَب muḵāṭab
- second person in Vietnamese
- ngôi thứ hai
Forms of second person
| plural | second persons |
|---|---|
| alternative form | 2nd person |
| alternative form | IInd person |
Words formed from second person
Questions about second person
- What does second person mean?
- Second person means 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.
- What is second person in Hindi?
- Second person in Hindi is मध्यम पुरुष (madhyam puruṣ). See Second person meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is second person?
- Second person is a noun.
- What is the plural of second person?
- The plural of second person is second persons.
Words near second person in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: second person (page history and authors); मध्यम पुरुष (Hindi) (page history and authors); second person (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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