अंग्रेजी में Person (पुरुष) तीन हैं –
Definition: बोलनेवाला First Person, जिससे बोला जाए वह Second Person तथा जिसके विषय में चर्चा की जाए वह Third Person कहलाता है |
* The first person is the person speaking, the second person is the person spoken to; and the third person is the person spoken about.
If I speak to you about Mohan, I am the first person, you are the second person and Mohan is the third person
Examples:
First Person: I We तथा इनके विभिन्न रुप (me, mine, my, myself, we, us, our, and ourselves) First Person के examples हैं।
Second Person: You तथा इसके अन्य रुप (your, yours, yourself, and yourselves) Second Person के examples हैं ।
Third Person: First Person तथा Second Person के शब्दों के अतिरिक्त जितने Nouns और Pronouns हैं, वे सभी Third Person के examples हैं। जैसे – he, him, his, himself, she, her, herself, it, its, itself, it, its, itself, they, them, their, theirs, themselves, this, that, these, those, somebody, anybody, something, each, either, neither, all, none, many, both, Ram, Sita, mother, teacher, cow, dog, cat, school, sun, star, river, pen, book, etc.
Note: कभी-कभी प्रयोग के हिसाब से Third Person के words भी First Person या Second Person के हो जाते हैं । ऐसी कुछ परिस्थितियों पर विचार करें –
(a) किसी Noun को यदि हम संबोधनकारक के रुप में प्रयुक्त करें तो वह Second Person का हो जाएगा, जैसे –
Come here, Mohan.
Don’t go there, boys
Shayam, what are you doing here?
पृष्ट 58 के वाक्यों में प्रयुक्त शब्द Mohan, boys और Shyam Second Person में हैं, क्योंकि वे persons spoken के लिए प्रयुक्त हुए हैं ।
(b) First Persons का प्रतिशब्द (apposition) First Person का और Second Person का प्रतिशब्द Second Persons का प्रतिशब्द Second Person का हो जाता है । जैसे –
You, Mohan, come here.
You, wicked boy, get out of the class.
I, Ram, am your true friend.
I, your friend, have come to help you.
इन वाक्यों में Mohan और wicked boy Second Person में हैं, क्योंकि ये you के प्रतिशब्द हैं और इनसे persons spoken to का बोध होता हैं। पुनः Ram और your friend First Person में हैं, क्योंकि ये I के प्रतिशब्द हैं और इनसे persons speaking का बोध होता है।
EXERCISE
Direction: Look at the box and answer the questions given below-
I, me, cow, you, dog, hers, yours, Ram, Sita, mine, myself, our, school, it, boy, its, they, sun, he, star, yourself, she, themselves, ours, we, her, this, everybody, all, both, none.
1. Pick out the words of first person from the box.
2. Pick out the words of second persons from the box.
3. Pick out the words of third person from the box.
Answers:
Here are the answers based on the words provided in the box:
1. Words of first person:
I
Me
Mine
Myself
Our
Ours
We
2. Words of second person:
You
Yours
Yourself
3. Words of third person:
Cow
Dog
Ram
Sita
It
Boy
Its
They
Sun
He
Star
She
Her
Themselves
This
Everybody
All
Both
None