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Meanings of first person in English

Russian
первое лицо
Portuguese
locutor
Spanish
primera persona
Catalan
1a persona

Grammatical person.

        первое лицо
        Usage of first person in English
        1
        He was the first person executed in the state in 40 years.
        Reuters
        2
        The first person who comes in the way is made the sacrifice.
        Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
        3
        The first person who'll live for 500 years is already among us.
        Radio NZ
        4
        If I didn't, I'd be the first person the police would question.
        11/22/63
        5
        He's certainly the first person to present edible mining machinery for consideration.
        The Guardian
        6
        Samuel, the footman, was the first person I met in the passage.
        The Moonstone
        7
        Tudge tells the story in a first person style through their words.
        The Irish Times
        8
        He thought of the first person Sebrahn had healed, revealing his power.
        The White Road
        9
        Told in the first person, each interview is almost a short story.
        The Irish Times
        10
        He is, of course, not the first person to build a helicopter.
        BBC
        11
        The first person he saw was Philip, sitting tranquilly in the office.
        The Young Musician; Or, Fighting His Way
        12
        BBC Health Correspondent Fergus Walsh was the first person to be scanned.
        BBC
        13
        An informal affair requires simply a written invitation in the first person.
        How to Write Letters (Formerly The Book of Letters) / A Complete...
        14
        Almost the first person he met in the town was Sam Price.
        From Farm to Fortune; or, Nat Nason's Strange Experience
        15
        What was then communicated I can repeat only in the first person.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 / A Mag...
        16
        Kevin Barry was the first person executed during the war of independence.
        The Irish Times
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        Translations for first person
        First person through the time
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        New Zealand
        Common
        South Africa
        Common
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        Common
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