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# Second Person
Person is a category used to help the reader to identify the subject of the verb. It is always used with number and gender to also help the reader. The subject is often the person doing an action.
There are three persons in Greek.
* First person is used when the speaker or writer is the subject. They are doing the action or are being spoken about. This can be the person by himself or with other people.
* Second person is used when the listener or the reader is the subject. This can be one person or more than one person.
* Third person is used when someone other than the speaker, writer, listener, or reader is the subject. This can be one person or more than one person. This does not have to be a person. It can be a thing.
Person is a category that shows whether a speaker is referring to himself, to the person he is talking to, or to someone or something else. Second person is used when the speaker is referring to the person he is talking to. It is often translated into English as **you** or **your**.
## What types of words use person?
* **Pronouns**
* **Verbs** - Person marking on a verb indicates whether the subject of the verb is the speaker, the person the speaker is talking to, or someone else. Usually the subject of the verb does the action that the verb refers to.
* **Verbs**- Person on a verb helps the reader to know who is doing the action.
See: Verb
### More information about this topic
* First person is used when the speaker refers to himself. He may may include other people, too.
* Second person is used when the speaker refers to the person or people he is talking to. This may incude other people too.
* Third person is used when the speaker refers to someone or something other than himself or the people he is talking to. This also may include others.