What Is First Person? (with Examples

The term first person refers to the speaker himself or a group that includes the speaker (i.e., I, me, we, and us).

The personal pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they) are grouped into one of three categories:

First person: I and we

Second person: you

Third person: He/She/It and They

Note: Second person refers to the speaker's audience (i.e., you). Third person refers to everybody else (e.g., he, him, she, her, it, they, them), including all other nouns (e.g., Craig, Germans, ant, mice).

Examples of First Person Pronouns in Different Cases

Here are the first person pronouns in the subjective case, the objective case, and the possessive case:

Person	Subjective Case	Objective Case	Possessive Case Possessive Adjective	Possessive Case Absolute Possessive Pronouns
First Person Singular	I Example: I like cheese.	me Example: He likes me.	my Example: This is my car.	mine This is mine.
First Person Plural	we Example: Wehate celery.	us Example: They hate us.	our Example: This is our house.	ours Example: This is ours.