2. THE PASSIVE VOICE Lessons 27-28

3. Passive voice does NOT mean “past tense.” There are 2 voices of verbs in Latin: –Active voice –Passive voice

4. In the active voice, the subject PERFORMS THE ACTION of the verb.

5. Puellae aquam portant. The girls carry water.

6. In the passive voice, the subject is ACTED UPON by the verb.

7. Aqua a puellis portatur. (The water is carried by the girls.)

8. Puella aquam potat. potat: drinks

9. Aqua a puella potatur.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. Ablative of Agent The noun (agent) will be in the ablative case. Ablative endings: -ā, -o (singular) -is (plural).

13. Aqua a puellis portatur. ABLATIVE OF AGENT

14. In Latin, there are special endings to show that the verbs are in the passive voice!

15. First, let’s review the ACTIVE endings of the present tense.

16. Portare--active voice porto portas portat portamus portatis portant

17. Now we’ll look at the passive voice endings:

18. portare--passive voice portor I am (being) carried… portaris you are (being) carried… portatur portamur portamini portantur

19. 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 Y’all were being verbed -bantur They were being verbed

20. Future Tense ---passive voice 1 st /2 nd conjugation -bor I will be verbed -beris you will be verbed -bitur he/she/it will be verbed -bimur we will be verbed -bimini y’all will be verbed -buntur they will be verbed

21. Future Tense ---passive voice 3 rd /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 y’all will be verbed -entur they will be verbed

22. FINIS

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