Questions tagged [passive-voice]
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Is it appropriate to use participles for passive voice in Esperanto?
AS mainly shows the present tense of the action, while ANT and AT show the duration or repetition of the action. IS shows that the action occured before the present, while INT and IT show that the ...
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"esti turnita" vs "turniĝi"
What is the difference between saying something like "ĝi estis turnita" vs "ĝi turniĝis"? My guess is that the former means that "it" has been turned by something, whereas the latter means that "it" ...
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Usage of impersonal passive constructions in Esperanto
The passive voice is not specific to the English language, but I feel that this voice is more common in English than in other languages, at least in formal texts.
I think this is particularly true ...
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