ATL I: Passive Voice
New and Old You have seen active verbs: puer clamorem audit. The boy hears the shout. ancilla vinum fundebat. The slave girl was pouring wine. Now, in stage 29, you have seen passive verbs. clamor a puero auditur. The shout is heard by the boy. vinum ab ancilla fundebatur. Wine was being poured by a slave girl.
Passive Voice Present Indicative Active Passive portat portatur he / she carries he / she is carried | he is being carried portant portantur they carry they are carried | they are being carried Imperfect Indicative Active Passive portabat portabatur he / she was carrying he / she was being carried portabant portabantur they were carrying they were being carried
piscis ad mortem a luce tractatur.
Examples cena nostra a coquo nunc paratur. coquus cenam nostram nunc parat. multa scelera in hac urbe cotidie committuntur. laudantur; rogatur; mittuntur candidati ab amicis salutabantur amici candidatos salutabant. fabula ab actoribus in theatro agebatur. audiebantur; laudabatur; necabantur; tenebatur
Parsing a verb Now when we parse a verb we will list a voice: active or passive person- 1st,2nd or 3rd number- singular or plural tense- present, imperfect, ect. voice- active or passive mood- indicative or subjunctive tenebatur- 3rd person, singular, imperfect, passive, indicative.