Organizing the message
Grammatical person
First, second and third person
Who is speaking, who is being spoken to, and who or what are they talking about?
personal ending
grammatical person
personal pronoun
의미
A language can show who is speaking, who is being addressed, and who or what is being talked about. This keeps track of people's roles in the conversation. Languages use separate words, word endings, or context, and some do not mark these roles on verbs. Participants covers who and what is in the scene; this block shows their relation to the current speaker and listener.
알아보는 방법
Identify the current speaker and listener, then look for words or forms that distinguish them from the people or things being discussed.
모국어에서는
한국어
Person viewpoint is encoded by pronouns, omitted arguments, speech levels, and honorific choices.
저는 괜찮아요.