passiva

Question

could you please explain to me "la passiva" in spanish

Answer 1

If you are talking about the passive voice, I would recommend watching the video on using Se in the passive voice as well as reading the reference article on Passive Se. There are loads of resources available here for free, so I suggest you spend a little time and check them out. If you ever have any questions, please feel free to ask!

Answer 2

Ah, and the correct spelling is "pasiva". The double S does not exist in Spanish, like many other unnecessary double letters.

Aren't the only "real double letters" in Spanish "rr" and "ll"? I know there's also "cc" but that seems to occur where a "ct" would occur in English. (aCTion -> aCCión") - Nick-Cortina, Aug 17, 2009

Answer 3

It is very simple indeed. You just have to use the strucuture: Verb to be (ser) + past participle of main verb: haco la lecione > la lecione ES hecha por mí. Of course you have to adapt the tense form of verb SER so as to correlate it to that of the main verb in the active voice. The main verb, for its turn, is always put in the past.

First of all, it would be "Hago la lección" not "haco". To change it to the "present" passive voice, you would say "La lección es hecha por mí". Usually, the passive is used for past actions - "La lección fue hecha por mí" or "Los puentes fueron construidos por los obreros" - but not always.

The way to form the passive when there is no specific agent is to use the passive se. That is formed by using this construction: "se + verb conjugated in accordance with object". For example... "Se sirve desayuno aquí" ("Breakfast is served here") or "Se venden zapatos" ("Shoes are sold").

So, to say something like "Spanish is spoken in Spain", you would say "Se habla español en España", since there is no specific agent. To say something like "Spanish is spoken by Spaniards" you would say "El español es hablado por los españoles", since there is a specific agent.

Answer 4

It is very simple indeed. You just have to use the strucuture: Verb to be (ser) + past participle of main verb: haco la lecione > la lecione ES hecha por mí. Of course you have to adapt the tense form of verb SER so as to correlate it to that of the main verb in the active voice. The main verb, for its turn, is always put in the past participial form. Hope I've made things clearer.