person
part of speech
noun (person, people, persons)
meaning for a pupil
1) A person is a man, woman or child, one human being. tree →
2) «In person» means really there, not on the phone or on a screen. tree →
3) In grammar, person shows who is speaking: I is first person, you is second person, he or she is third person. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In this text it often stands for a human being or a "soul" (nefesh), as in "any person who sins". The corpus examples show "the people" instead. Interpretation: The Hebrew nefesh, often translated "person" or "soul", reminds us that each life counts as a whole being. Tradition teaches that saving one life is like saving a whole world. In the primary lessons: In maths: a thing counted; «per person» or «each person» gives a share or rate; the number of people. In everyday life: «per person» prices, «a kind person», «meet in person». In grammar: first, second and third person. In stories: «a mysterious person».
examples
- And all the people shall say: Amen. (Torah DEU.27.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- And all the people shall say: Amen.' (Torah DEU.27.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- So the people rested on the seventh day. (Torah EXO.16.30, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the people did yet corruptly. (Writings 2CH.27.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- And all the people wept again over him. (Prophets 2SA.3.34, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the people did according to this promise. (Writings NEH.5.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- Each person gets 3 slices. tree →
- The ticket costs 5 dollars per person. tree →
- How many people can sit at 4 tables? tree →
- A person eats 2 apples. tree →
- She is a very kind person. tree →
- I would like to thank you in person. tree →
- Only one person can go on the slide at a time. tree →
- The story is told in the first person: «I ran home». tree →
- A trusted person is someone your family knows well. tree →
- Yes, he is forever following people. tree →
note
«Per person» or «each person» marks a rate: total = per person × people; a share = total ÷ people. Trap: plural is «people», not «persons» in most problems. «Persons» appears only on official signs («no more than 8 persons»). Safety: a person you meet online is not someone you know in person.
In the corpora
- And the king of Sodom said unto Abram: 'Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.'
- And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth him shall be unclean until even.
- and thirty and two thousand persons in all, of the women that had not known man by lying with him.
- And the persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons.
- and sixteen thousand persons —
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «person» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.