Editing Latin grammar (section)

===Persons of the verb===
Each tense has endings corresponding to three persons in the singular, known as '''1st person singular''' ("I"), '''2nd person singular''' ("you sg."), '''3rd person singular''' ("he, she, it"), and three in the plural, known as '''1st person plural''' ("we"), '''2nd person plural''' ("you pl."), and '''3rd person plural''' ("they"). Unlike Ancient Greek, there is no [[Dual (grammatical number)|dual]] number in the Latin verb.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!1st sg.<br />2nd sg.<br />3rd sg.
|''I<br />you sg.<br />he, she, it''
|'''{{lang|la|amō<br />amās<br />amat|italic=no}}'''
|I love<br />you sg. love <br />he, she, it loves
|-
!1st pl.<br />2nd pl.<br />3rd pl.
|''we<br />you pl.<br />they''
|'''{{lang|la|amāmus<br />amātis<br />amant|italic=no}}'''
|we love<br />you pl. love<br />they love
|-
|}

Unlike in Spanish, French, and other Romance languages, there are no respectful 2nd person forms in Latin grammar: the 2nd person singular is used even when addressing a person of high status. However, the 1st person plural is often used to mean "I".{{sfn|Allen|Greenough|Kittredge|Howard|1903|p=63}}