Calque ofLatinprīma persōna, itself a calque ofAncient Greekπρῶτον πρόσωπον(prôton prósōpon).
firstperson (countable anduncountable,pluralfirst persons)
- (grammar) Forms of pronouns orverbs used for the speaker or writer of the sentence in which they occur.
"Am" is thefirst person singular of "to be".
2008,BioWare,Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts,→ISBN,→OCLC, PC, scene: Hanar Codex entry:All hanar have two names. The Face Name is known to the world; the Soul Name is kept for use among close friends and relations. Hanar never refer to themselves in thefirst person in conversation with someone they know on a Face Name basis. To do so is considered egotistical, so instead they refer to themselves as "this one", or the impersonal "it".
- A form of narrative writing using verbs in the first person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to the narrator.
the form of a pronoun verb used when the subject of a sentence is making the statement
