Passive and Active Voice
It is believed that
Se cree que
One believes that
Se cree que
People believe that
Se cree que
They believe that
Se cree que
It is believed that this criminal is guilty
Se cree que este criminal es culpable
It is said that
Se dice que
One says that
Se dice que
People say that
Se dice que
They say that
Se dice que
You say
Se dice que
They say that its going to snow tonight
Se dice que va a nevar esta noche
One knows that
Se sabe Que
It is known that
Se sabe que
People know that
Se sabe que
They know that
Se sabe que
People know that mary is going to marry john
Se sabe que maría va a casarse a Juan
Active Voice The robber opened the window Active voice means that the subject performs the action and the subject is always stated
El ladrón abrió la ventana
Passive Voice The Window was opened by the robber In this case, the action of the verb falls on the subject. The subject receives the action. To form the passive, use ser plus the past participle of the verb. The past participles serves as an adjective and must agree in number and in gender with the subject it describes. The true passiver states that the doer is always expressed with por in front of it. These compositions were written by john. Subject+tense of ser+past participle+por+the doer. Se can be used to substitute the true passive voice. When using the se construction, the subject is a thing and the doer is not stated Books are sold in this store The se reflexive pronoun construction is avoided if the subject is a person He is giving a present to Mary He looked at her
La ventana fue abierta por el ladrón Estas composiciones fueron escritas por Juan Se venden los libros es esta tienda Le da a María un Regalo La miró
