Passive and Active Voice

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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


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