Hope this illustration gives you clear understanding of Persons and Numbers (first, second and third)
PART - A
PERSONS AND NUMBERS
ILLUSTRATION : 1
*Chandra Speaking to *VENKAT
* Addressed
or Spoken
*First person *Second Person
ILLUSTRATION : 2
*VENKAT *CHANDRA
Speaking * Addressed
or Spoken
*First person *Second Person
Who is which now?
ILLUSTRATION : 3
VENKAT and CHANDRA are Speaking now.
They Speaking about....
KAMALA KRISHNA
KANTH KUMARI
You know Venkat and Chandra are first and second persons. Kamalakanth and Krishna kumari became third person.
Note : As the Speakers change, persons also change.
PART - B
EXPLANATION
In English language, there are three persons. They are First, Second, Third
* First person is the one who is speaking
* The One ‘Who is Spoken to is the Second Person’.
* The Third person stamds for ANYONE or ANYTHING.
UNDERSTAND THIS
‘A’ is speaking to ‘B’
Here ‘A’ is first person, ‘B’ is the second person as he is spoken to.
SUPPOSE Now,
‘B’ is speaking and ‘A’ is listening to him. Here ‘B’ becomes the first and ‘A’ becomes the second person.
Now Look, Imagine this.
‘A’ is Speaking to ‘B’ about ‘C’
Here A is the first person
B is the second person
C is the third person
Thus, the roles Change.
* ANY PERSON or THING
OTHER THAN the THIRD PERSON
is the First & The Second persons.
* There persons may ‘stand’ of represent ONE or MORE THAN ONE
a) If it refers to ONE, it is SINGULAR
b) If it stands for more than one, it is PLURAL
SINGULAR - ONE
PLURAL - MORE THAN ONE
UNDERSTAND THIS TABLE
PERSONS SINGULAR PLURAL
First I We
Second you you
Third He, She, It They
(any singular name)
(to be cotd.,)
- Boddapati Chandrasekhar
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