the first person

noun
🔊/ðə ˌfɜːst ˈpɜːsn/
🔊/ðə ˌfɜːrst ˈpɜːrsn/
[singular]
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  1. (grammar语法) a set of pronouns and verb forms used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself, or to a group including himself or herself第一人称
    • ‘I am’ is the first person singular of the present tense of the verb ‘to be’.I am 是动词 to be 现在时的第一人称单数形式。🔊🔊
    • ‘I’, ‘me’, ‘we’ and ‘us’ are first-person pronouns.I、me、we 和 us 是第一人称代词。🔊🔊
    Topics Languageb2
  2. a way of writing a novel, etc. as if one of the characters is telling the story using the word I以第一人称叙述的文体
    • in the first person The novel is written in the first person.小说是第一人称写的。
    Topics Literature and writingc1
  3. compare second person, third person