The first person is: one of the narrators and the direct expresser. Grammatically, it refers to the aspect of expression, and in literary works, it refers to one of the narrative perspectives. In speech activities, the person who refers to the speaker himself is the first person, such as "I" and "we".
The second person: it belongs to a grammatical category. In speech activities, it refers to the listener who is opposite to the speaker. The commonly used expressions in Chinese are: you, er, ru, etc.
Third person: refers to a third party other than the speaker and the listener, and is the third person. Common expressions in Chinese are: he, she, it, them, etc.
The function of the first person: narration gives readers a natural feeling, which is convenient for direct expression of thoughts and feelings, more free and gives readers a sense of reality. Whether the author is really a character in the work or not, the narrative is like the author's personal experience or what he has seen and heard.
The function of the second person address: it is a kind of address rhetoric, which facilitates direct dialogue, is conducive to the exchange of thoughts and feelings, enhances intimacy, and makes lyric more intense and touching.
The role of the third person: it can directly and objectively show the colorful life of lead, not limited by time and space, and reflect the reality more flexibly and freely.
The Function and Meaning of Personal Pronouns
An alternative noun used to directly refer to a person (s) or a thing (s), such as: I (us), you (us), she (us), he (us), it (us) sells birds, etc. There are many personal pronouns in ancient Chinese, and their functions are the same as those in modern Chinese, which are used to replace the names of people or things.
Most pronouns have the functions of nouns and adjectives. Pronouns in English can be divided into personal pronouns, possessive pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, reflexive pronouns, interactive pronouns, interrogative pronouns, relative pronouns, connecting pronouns and indefinite pronouns according to their meanings, characteristics and functions in sentences.