Editing Grammatical person (section)

==Effect on verbs==
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In many languages, the [[verb]] takes a form dependent on the person of the subject and whether it is singular or plural. In [[English language|English]], this happens with the verb ''to be'' as follows:
* I ''am'' (first-person singular)
* you ''are''/thou ''art'' (second-person singular)
* he, she, one, it ''is'' (third-person singular)
* we ''are'' (first-person plural)
* you ''are''/ye ''are'' (second-person plural)
* they ''are'' (third-person plural, and third-person singular)

Other verbs in English take the suffix ''-s'' to mark the present tense third person singular, excluding singular 'they'.

In many languages, such as [[French conjugation|French]], the verb in any given tense takes a different suffix for any of the various combinations of person and number of the subject.