THE PASSIVE VOICE Lessons 27-28

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THE PASSIVE VOICELessons 27-28
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• Passive voice does NOT mean past tense.
• There are 2 voices of verbs in Latin
• Active voice
• Passive voice

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In the active voice, the subjectPERFORMS THE
ACTION of the verb.
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Puellae aquam portant.
The girls carry water.
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In the passive voice, the subject is ACTED UPON
by the verb.
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Aqua a puellis portatur.
(The water is carried by the girls.)
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Puella aquam potat.potat drinks
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Aqua a puella potatur.
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Change These To Passive Voice!Do not change
tense. ?

• The girl holds the doll.
• The team was winning the game.
• The student will pass the test.
• Mom drove me to work.

• The doll is held by the girl.
• The game was being won by the team.
• The test will be passed by the student.
• I was driven to work by Mom.

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Ablative of Agent

• The words a and ab can mean by in Latin.
• They are used with passive voice verbs to tell
  by whom something is done.

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Ablative of Agent

• The noun (agent) will be in the ablative case.
• Ablative endings
• -a, -o (singular)
• -is (plural).

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Aqua a puellis portatur.
ABLATIVE OF AGENT
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In Latin, there are special endings to show that
the verbs are in the passive voice!
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First, lets review the ACTIVE endings of the
present tense.
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Portare--active voice

• porto
• portas
• portat

• portamus
• portatis
• portant

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Now well look at the passive voice endings
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portare--passive voice

• portamur
• portamini
• portantur

• portor
• I am (being) carried
• portaris
• you are (being) carried
• portatur

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Imperfect Tense---passive voice

• -bar
• I was being verbed
• -baris
• you were being verbed
• -batur
• he/she/it was being verbed

• -bamur
• we were being verbed
• -bamini
• Yall were being verbed
• -bantur
• They were being verbed

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Future Tense---passive voice 1st/2nd conjugation

• -bor
• I will be verbed
• -beris
• you will be verbed
• -bitur
• he/she/it will be verbed

• -bimur
• we will be verbed
• -bimini
• yall will be verbed
• -buntur
• they will be verbed

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Future Tense---passive voice 3rd/4th conjugation

• -ar
• I will be verbed
• -eris
• you will be verbed
• -etur
• he/she/it will be verbed

• -emur
• we will be verbed
• -emini
• yall will be verbed
• -entur
• they will be verbed

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FINIS
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Practice Sentences

• Litterae in otio scribuntur.
• Nautae ad provincias mittentur.
• Viri in agris a puellis videbantur.
• Pauci libri legebantur.
• Puella a puero amatur.