"second person" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: second persons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} second person (countable and uncountable, plural second persons)
  1. (grammar) The form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience. In English, the second person is used with the pronouns thou and you. In many languages the singular, applying to one person, and plural, applying to several people, are distinct. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience): veta e dytë [feminine] (Albanian), δεύτερον πρόσωπον (deúteron prósōpon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), مُخَاطَب (muḵāṭab) [masculine] (Arabic), друга́я асо́ба (druhája asóba) [feminine] (Belarusian), মধ্যম পুরুষ (moddhom puruś) (Bengali), вто́ро лице́ (vtóro licé) [neuter] (Bulgarian), segona persona [feminine] (Catalan), 第二人稱 (Chinese Mandarin), 第二人称 (dì'èrrénchēng) (Chinese Mandarin), druhá osoba [feminine] (Czech), tweede persoon [masculine] (Dutch), toinen persoona (Finnish), deuxième personne [feminine] (French), segunda persoa [feminine] (Galician), მეორე პირი (meore ṗiri) (Georgian), zweite Person [feminine] (German), δεύτερο πρόσωπο (déftero prósopo) [neuter] (Greek), נוֹכֵחַ (nokhéakh) [masculine] (Hebrew), גּוּף שֵׁנִי (gúf shení) [masculine] (Hebrew), második személy (Hungarian), önnur persóna [feminine] (Icelandic), seconda persona [feminine] (Italian), 二人称 (nininshō) (alt: ににんしょう) (Japanese), 이인칭 (iinching) (alt: 二人稱) (Korean), 2인칭 (2inching) (Korean), antrasis asmuo [masculine] (Lithuanian), второ лице (english: vtoro lice) [neuter] (Macedonian), bichʼį́ʼ yáʼátiʼígíí (Navajo), deûxième pèrsonne [feminine] (Norman), andre person [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ōþer hād [masculine] (Old English), druga osoba [feminine] (Polish), segunda pessoa [feminine] (Portuguese), persoana a doua [feminine] (Romanian), второ́е лицо́ (vtoróje licó) [neuter] (Russian), मध्यमपुरुष (madhyamá-puruṣa) [masculine] (Sanskrit), an dara pearsa [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), друго лице [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), друга особа [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), drugo lice [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), druga osoba [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), druhá osoba [feminine] (Slovak), druga oseba [feminine] (Slovene), andra person [common-gender] (Swedish), ikalawang panauhan (Tagalog), మధ్యమ పురుషము (madhyama puruṣamu) (Telugu), ikinci kişi (Turkish), дру́га осо́ба (drúha osóba) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ئىككىنچى شەخس (ikkinchi shexs) (Uyghur), ngôi thứ hai (Vietnamese)
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  2. A form of narrative writing using verbs in the second person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to the reader. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-second_person-en-noun-k3Ww-eRt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 2nd person, IInd person Derived forms: second-person dual, second-person plural, second-person singular Related terms: first person, third person

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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nininshō",
          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
          "word": "二人称"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "alt": "二人稱",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "iinching",
          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
          "word": "이인칭"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ko",
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          "roman": "2inching",
          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "antrasis asmuo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "mk",
          "english": "vtoro lice",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "второ лице"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
          "word": "bichʼį́ʼ yáʼátiʼígíí"
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "deûxième pèrsonne"
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "andre person"
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ang",
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          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ōþer hād"
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        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "druga osoba"
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "segunda pessoa"
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "persoana a doua"
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vtoróje licó",
          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "второ́е лицо́"
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
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          "roman": "madhyamá-puruṣa",
          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
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            "masculine"
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          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
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          "word": "an dara pearsa"
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
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          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
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          "word": "друго лице"
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "drugo lice"
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "druga osoba"
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "druhá osoba"
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
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          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "druga oseba"
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        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
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          "word": "andra person"
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        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
          "word": "ikalawang panauhan"
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        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "madhyama puruṣamu",
          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
          "word": "మధ్యమ పురుషము"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
          "word": "ikinci kişi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "drúha osóba",
          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дру́га осо́ба"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "ikkinchi shexs",
          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
          "word": "ئىككىنچى شەخس"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
          "word": "ngôi thứ hai"
        }
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      "word": "2nd person"
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      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "word": "IInd person"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "veta e dytë"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "muḵāṭab",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "مُخَاطَب"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "druhája asóba",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "друга́я асо́ба"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "moddhom puruś",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "word": "মধ্যম পুরুষ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vtóro licé",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вто́ро лице́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "segona persona"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "word": "第二人稱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dì'èrrénchēng",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "word": "第二人称"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "druhá osoba"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tweede persoon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "word": "toinen persoona"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "deuxième personne"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "segunda persoa"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "meore ṗiri",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "word": "მეორე პირი"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zweite Person"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "déftero prósopo",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "δεύτερο πρόσωπο"
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      "roman": "deúteron prósōpon",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "nokhéakh",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "נוֹכֵחַ"
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      "code": "he",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "גּוּף שֵׁנִי"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "word": "második személy"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "önnur persóna"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "seconda persona"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ににんしょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nininshō",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "word": "二人称"
    },
    {
      "alt": "二人稱",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "iinching",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "word": "이인칭"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "2inching",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "word": "2인칭"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antrasis asmuo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "english": "vtoro lice",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "второ лице"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "word": "bichʼį́ʼ yáʼátiʼígíí"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deûxième pèrsonne"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "andre person"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ōþer hād"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "druga osoba"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "segunda pessoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "persoana a doua"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vtoróje licó",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "второ́е лицо́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "madhyamá-puruṣa",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मध्यमपुरुष"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "an dara pearsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "друго лице"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "друга особа"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "drugo lice"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "druga osoba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "druhá osoba"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "druga oseba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "andra person"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "word": "ikalawang panauhan"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "madhyama puruṣamu",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "word": "మధ్యమ పురుషము"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "word": "ikinci kişi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "drúha osóba",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дру́га осо́ба"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "ikkinchi shexs",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "word": "ئىككىنچى شەخس"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience",
      "word": "ngôi thứ hai"
    }
  ],
  "word": "second person"
}

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