 | Roscoe Goddard Greene - 1830 - 124 pages
...noun, which modifies the verb. There are 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... | |
 | Roscoe Goddard Greene - 1835 - 72 pages
...noun, which modifies the verb. There are 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 or thing spoken of. OP NUMBER. Number, in Grammar, is the difference... | |
 | Roscoe Goddard Greene - 1839 - 142 pages
...the noun which modifies the verb. There are 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 or thing spoken of. OF NUMBER. Number, in grammar, is the difference of... | |
 | Alain Auguste Victor de Fivas - 1840 - 328 pages
...names of persons, or personified objects. There are three persons : the first is, the person speaking ; the second, the person spoken to ; the third, the person spoken of. PRONOUNS OF THE FIRST PERSON. The pronouns of t\\e first and second persons are both masculine and... | |
 | Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1846 - 144 pages
...belong Person, Number, Gender, and Case PERSON. Nouns have three persons, — first, second, and third. The first person denotes the speaker ; the second, the person spoken to ; the third, the person or thing spoken of.* * Nouns are seldom used in the first person, as the speaker generally uses the... | |
 | B. Du Gué - 1848 - 230 pages
...and feminine, and two numbers. There are three kinds of persons ; the first, the person who speaks ; the second, the person spoken to ; the third, the person spoken of. FIRST PERSON.* SINGULAR. PLCRAL. Masculine and Feminine. Masculine and Feminine. 11! 272. fip figs... | |
 | Joseph Jones - 1849 - 602 pages
...pronouns are there ? There are three persons : mention them. . The first : the person that speaks. The second : the person spoken to. The third : the person spoken of. Mention and decline the five personal pronouns. S. Nam. Poss. Obj. P. Nam. Pass. Obj. 1. I. Mine. Me.... | |
 | George Andrew Jacob - 1851 - 324 pages
...has two numbers, Singular and Plural. 2. Each number has three persons, first, second, and third. 3. The First person denotes the speaker. the Second „...spoken to. the Third „ „ the person spoken of. 4. In English the persons are often distinguished only by the personal pronouns, I, thou, he, we, you,... | |
 | Joseph Jones - 1852 - 42 pages
...pronouns are there ? Five. There are three persons : mention them. The first : the person that speaks. The second : the person spoken to. The third : the person spoken of. Mention and decline the five personal pronouns. S. Nam. Poss. Obj. 1. I. Mine. Me. 2. Thou. Thine.... | |
 | Jules Caron - 1853 - 216 pages
...persons and their part in the phrase. 92. There are three persons : the first, is the person speaking; the second, the person spoken to; the third, the person spoken of. PRONOUNS OP THE FIRST PERSON. 93. These pronouns are masculine or feminine, according to the gender... | |
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The Latin, like the English, has three persons and two numbers. The first person denotes the speaker ; the second, the person spoken to ; the third, the person spoken of. The singular number denotes one, the plural more than one. 
