IInd person

A form of second person — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. alternativedatedAlternative form of second person.

    In H. singular Ist person form is different from the rest and in plural the IInd person form is different from the rest of the forms.

    1974, Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute, volume 34, page 35
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    Most writers on this subject conclude that the notions Ist person, IInd person and IIIrd person are semantic primes, ie.., cannot be further broken down into other semantic components.

    1970, Journal of Tamil Studies, volume 2, number 2

    Plural suffixes may be optionally added after the Ist person exclusive ƞə—z̆e, Ist person inclusive ƞə—təƞ, and IInd person non-honorific khyo—z̆e and honorific ñe—z̆e.

    1979, Ladakhi grammar, →ISBN, page 104
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