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Trabajo Actual
Present
Preterite Perfect.
FUTURE
I shall be seen, ser visto
you will be seen, sers visto
he will be seen, ser visto
we shall be seen, seremos vistos
you will be seen, seris vistos
they will be seen, sern vistos
PRETERITO PLUSCUAMPERFECTO: I had been seen, haba sido visto
CONDICIONAL: I should be seen, sera visto
FUTURO PERFECTO: I shall have been seen, habr sido visto
CONDICIONAL PERFECTO: I should have been seen, habra sido visto
Reglas
La voz pasiva se forma con el verbo to be conjugado ms el
participio del verbo principal. En ingls es mucho ms frecuente
que en espaol y, normalmente, aparece cuando no es importante
quien realiza una accin sino el hecho en s. Por eso, no siempre
que veamos una pasiva, tenemos que traducirlo literalmente,
puesto que en espaol suena ms forzado. Slo es posible el uso de
la voz pasiva con verbos transitivos (verbos que llevan
complemento directo).
VOZ PASIVA
A letter is written by Pamela
A letter is being written by Pamela
A letter was being written by Pamela
A letter was written by Pamela
A letter has been written by Pamela
A letter had been written by Pamela
A letter will be written by Pamela
A letter is going to be written by Pamela
A letter can be written by Pamela
2.The fastened agent expresses with by. Nevertheless, in the majority of the
occasions one does without the subject since we are not interested in knowing
the one who exactly executes the action. If a prayer activates it has direct and
indirect complement, any of two complements can be a patient subject of the
passive one:
ACTIVATE: Someone gives me to dog
PASSIVE 1: To dog is given to me
PASSIVE 2: I am given to dog (passive idiomatic form)
The passive form of doing, seeing, etc is being donate, being seen, etc.
ACTIVATE: I don't like people telling me what to do
PASSIVE: I don't like being told what to do
3. The impersonal constructions (it is said, it is commented, etc.) they are very
typical of passive and difficult to translate for the Spanish-speaking ones. This
type of passive construction - used every time with major frequency in the
means - is formed with the structure I hold + to be + participle: It is reported (it
reports); It is said (it is said); It is known (it is known); It is supposed (it is
supposed); It is considered (it is considered); It is expected (it is waited). Let's
see some examples:
ACTIVATE: Everybody thinks Cathy works very hard.
PASSIVE 1: Cathy is thought to work very hard. (There is thought that Cathy ...)
PASSIVE 2: It is thought that Cathy works very hard. (There is thought that
Cathy ...)
ACTIVATE: They believe Tom is wearing to white pullover.
PASSIVE 1: Tom is believed to be wearing to white pullover. (Believes itself that
...)
PASSIVE 2: It is believed that Tom is wearing to white pullover. (Believes itself
that ...)
4. SUPPOSE's ADDITIONAL USES
a) There is used in affirmatively for actions that were
planned, that supposes that they are going to realize, or
obligations that one should fulfill.
You were supposed to be here at 9:00 am!!
b) Other times, the use of supposed indicates that
these plans or obligations finally were not fulfilled:
The train was supposed to arrive at 5 o'clock. (But it
arrived at 8 o'clock)
You were supposed to go to the supermarket. (But you
didn't go)
c) On the contrary, in negative, supposed means not
convenience or prohibition of doing something:
You ploughs not supposed to smoke here. (You ploughs
not allowed to smoke here)
You ploughs not supposed to copy our web files. (You
must not copy our web files)