English-Finnish translations for third person

• kolmas persoona

Definition of third person

• The words, word-forms, and grammatical structures, taken collectively, that are normally used of people or things other than the speaker or the audience
• 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''
• 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

Examples

• In English, the third person consists of pronouns such as he, she, it, and they, verbs such as is and has, and most nouns.
• "Is" is the third-person singular of "to be"

Related words

• third person shooter
• third-person
• third-person shooter
• third-person plural
• third-person singular