What Is Third Person? (with Examples)

The term third person refers to someone else, i.e., not the writer or a group including the writer (I, me, we, us) or

the writer's audience (you). Whenever you use a noun (as opposed to pronoun), it is in the third person.

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: First person refers to the speaker himself or a group that includes the speaker (i.e., I, me, we, and us). Second person refers to the speaker's audience (i.e., you).

Examples of Third Person Pronouns in Different Cases

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

erson	Subjective Case	Objective Case	Possessive Case Possessive Adjective	Possessive Case Absolute Possessive Pronouns
Third Person Singular	he / she / it Example: He is not happy.	him / her / it Example: We saw him.	his / her / its Example: We were her support.	his / hers / its These were hers.
Third Person Plural	they Example: Theyare leaving.	them Example: We like them.	their Example: We were their allies.	theirs These are theirs.