second-person singular

English

Noun

second-person singular (plural second-person singulars)

1. (grammar) The form of a verb used with the pronouns thou and you (singular), or their equivalents in other languages.

   The second-person singular of "to be" is "art" or "are".

2. (grammar) The pronouns thou and you (singular), or their equivalents in other languages.
3. (grammar) The possessive adjectives thy and your (singular), or their equivalents in other languages.

Related terms

• second person
• second-person dual
• second-person plural
• first-person singular
• third-person singular

Translations

Translations

• French: deuxième personne du singulier (fr) f
• Georgian: მეორე პირის მხოლობითი რიცხვი (meore ṗiris mxolobiti ricxvi), მეორე პირი მხოლობითში (meore ṗiri mxolobitši)
• German: zweite Person Singular
• Italian: seconda persona singolare f
• Japanese: 二人称単数 (nininshō tansū)
• Korean: 이인칭 단수 (iinching dansu)
• Mandarin: 第二人称单数, 第二人稱單數 / 第二人称单数
• Spanish: segunda persona del singular