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" The first person denotes the speaker; the second, the person spoken to ; and the third, the person spoken of. The singular number denotes one ; and the plural, more than one. "
The Elements of English Grammar, Etc - Page 9
by Edward Ward Foster - 1840 - 31 pages
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A French grammar

J V. Douville - 1824 - 662 pages
...they sleep. In each Number there are three Persons : the first, the second, and the third ; thejirst is the person who speaks ; the second, the person spoken to ; and the third, the person spoken of. There are three Pronouns to represent those three Persons : je, 1, for thejirst. in the singular; tu,...
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A New and Complete Grammar, of the French Tongue, in which the Author Has ...

Joseph F. A. Boeuf - French language - 1829 - 274 pages
...verbs. In French, as in English, these pronouns are classed in three persons. The first person is he who speaks ; the second, the person spoken to ; and the third, the person or thing spoken of, thus : third person. PERSONAL PRONOUNS NOMINATIVE TO THE VERBS. When the personal...
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A Practical Grammar of the English Language: In which the Principles ...

Roscoe Goddard Greene - English language - 1830 - 124 pages
...three persons, viz. the first, the second, and the third. The first person denotes the speaker — the second, the person spoken to — and the third, the person spoken of. OF NUMBER. Number is the consideration of an object, as one or more. Nouns have two numbers, viz. the...
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A Dictionary of General Knowledge: Or, An Explanation of Words and Things ...

George Crabb - Industrial arts - 1830 - 438 pages
...answering to the different persons. There are three persons, namely, the first, or the person speaking ; the second, the person spoken to; and the third, the person spoken of. PERSONAL (in Law). Belonging to the person and not to the thing, as personal goods, as opposed to real...
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A Family Encyclopaedia: Or, An Explanation of Words and Things Connected ...

George Crabb - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 426 pages
...great monarchies, founded by Cyrus 556 before Christ, and conquered by Alexander 324 It. C. speaking; the second, the person spoken to; and the third, the person spoken of. PERSONAL (in Law.) Belonging to the person and not to the thing, aa personal goods, is opposed to real...
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A New and Complete Grammar of the French Tongue ...

Joseph F. A. Bœuf - French language - 1832 - 404 pages
...conjugating the verbs. In French, as in Knglish, personal pronouns are classed in three persona. The first is the person who speaks; the second, the person spoken to ; and the third, the person or thing spoken of. Thus : SING. PLURAL. Jeorj' /, nous we are pronouns of the first person. tu /Aou,...
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A new grammar of the Portuguese and English languages. Pt.1, Port. Pt.2 ...

Luiz Francisco Midosi - 1832 - 340 pages
...first; vós, ye or you, the second; dims, Mas, they, the third. Thejirst person, is the person that speaks; the second, the person .spoken to,. and the third, the person or thing spoken «/• The genders are distinguished thus: elle, he, is masculine; ella, she, is feminine;...
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Neveux's New French Grammar, Or An Appendix to the French Grammar of Mr. de ...

Philippe Louis Neveux - French language - 1833 - 282 pages
...or elles dorment. In each number there are three persons, the first, the second, and the third ; the first is the person who speaks; the second, the person spoken to; and the third, the person spoken of. There are three pronouns to represent the three persons, I, je; thou, lu; he or she, il or e//e; for...
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J.V. Douville 's Speaking French Grammar: Forming a Series of Sixty ...

J. V. Douville - French language - 1835 - 652 pages
...sleep, Us dorment. In each number there are three persons : the first, the second, and the third. The first is the person who speaks ; the second, the person spoken to ; and the third, the person spoken of. There are three pronouns to represent these three persons : — I, je ; thou, tu ; he, she, or it,...
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Elements of the Greek language

L W. King - 1840 - 112 pages
...Plural more than one. Nouns have three Persons in each number; the first Person denoting the speaker; the second, the person spoken to, and the third, the person spoken of ; as /, thnu, or you, he, she or it, in the Singular; with we, ye or you, and they in the Plural. CASES....
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