first person

== English == === Alternative forms === first-person, 1st person, Ist person === Etymology === Calque of Latin prīma persōna, itself a calque of Ancient Greek πρῶτον πρόσωπον (prôton prósōpon). === Pronunciation === === Noun === first person (countable and uncountable, plural first persons) (grammar) Forms of pronouns or verbs used for the speaker or writer of the sentence in which they occur. 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. ==== Hypernyms ==== grammatical person ==== Coordinate terms ==== second person third person ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====