How to say “third-person” in 38 languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
It is commonest in Slovenian, where je is the 1st most used word.
- Arabic عليه third-person singular masculine of عَلَى #78
- Armenian լինի third-person singular future… #129
- Basque haiek Third-person plural personal pronoun; they #269
- Bengali করবেন চলিত future second/third-person polite of করা #178
- Bosnian su third-person plural present of bȉti #17
- Bulgarian го Short form of the third-person singular… #19
- Croatian su third-person plural present of bȉti #17
- Czech není third-person singular present indicative of… #40
- Danish sig third-person pronoun #63
- Dutch ze she; third-person singular feminine… #14
- English it The third-person singular neuter personal… #7
- Esperanto rin they . A gender-neutral singular third-person… #1,613
- Finnish voivat third-person plural present/past indicative… #618
- French lui him, he, it; the third-person masculine… #71
- Galician é is; third-person singular present indicative… #7
- Georgian მოვიდა third-person singular aorist indicative of… #265
- German läuft third-person singular present of laufen 'to… #479
- Greek υποτίθεται third-person singular present of υποτίθεμαι,… #734
- Hebrew יהיה Third-person masculine singular future of… #84
- Hungarian vége third-person singular single-possession… #244
- Icelandic sinni third-person reflexive possessive determiner:… #156
- Italian hanno third-person plural present indicative of… #100
- Latvian nav is not; third-person singular present… #22
- Lithuanian yra third-person singular/plural present of bū́ti #26
- Norwegian deres their; third-person plural possessive #140
- Polish one they; nonvirile third-person plural pronoun,… #638
- Portuguese se third-person singular and plural reflexive… #14
- Romanian uită third-person singular simple perfect… #861
- Russian ему third-person masculine singular pronoun: he,… #91
- Serbian su third-person plural present of bȉti #20
- Slovak príde third-person singular future indicative of… #263
- Slovenian je third-person singular present of bíti #1
- Spanish ello it, neuter third-person subject and… #468
- Swedish det it; third-person singular, referring to nouns… #2
- Telugu అది non-masculine third-person singular distal… #20
- Turkish burası third-person singular single-possession… #219
- Ukrainian може third-person singular present indicative… #60
- Urdu اس third-person singular objective personal… #11
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.