Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of a verb, in the
second person . - adjective Of a narrative, using verbs in the
second person .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word second-person.
Examples
-
Could English-speakers keep you for the singular second-person pronoun, and borrow vous, or a more phonetically driven spelling like voo or vou, for the plural?
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
-
Could English-speakers keep you for the singular second-person pronoun, and borrow vous, or a more phonetically driven spelling like voo or vou, for the plural?
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
-
Also crying out for global simplification is the ambiguous second-person pronoun: you.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
-
Also crying out for global simplification is the ambiguous second-person pronoun: you.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
-
Perhaps Douglass should have changed his second-person address to first-person plural.
Nathan Schneider: Frederick Douglass' July Fourth Nathan Schneider 2011
-
But why does he speak like this, in the second-person?
Nathan Schneider: Frederick Douglass' July Fourth Nathan Schneider 2011
-
But why does he speak like this, in the second-person?
Nathan Schneider: Frederick Douglass' July Fourth Nathan Schneider 2011
-
But why does he speak like this, in the second-person?
Nathan Schneider: Frederick Douglass' July Fourth Nathan Schneider 2011
-
Perhaps Douglass should have changed his second-person address to first-person plural.
Nathan Schneider: Frederick Douglass' July Fourth Nathan Schneider 2011
-
Perhaps Douglass should have changed his second-person address to first-person plural.
Nathan Schneider: Frederick Douglass' July Fourth Nathan Schneider 2011
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.