Introduction to Voice

Active Voice

In this picture the people are actively doing something:

• The people are running.

Passive Voice

It's tough to find an illustration where somebody is totally passive. We are, after all, always breathing, standing, sitting, or, as here, lying on the floor. Nonetheless, this picture suggests passivity. It's not so much that the person has made a conscious decision to watch television, more that the program is being viewed, while the guy just sucks it all in. Perhaps we might say by way of description:

• The boy is being entertained (or hypnotized!).

Basic Passive Formation

Passive voice in Latin divides into two distinct groups of three tenses each:

• Present System of Tenses

  (present, imperfect, future)

• Perfect System of Tenses

  (perfect, pluperfect, future perfect)

Present System of Tenses

Perfect System of Tenses

Coming Soon: More information on passive voice formation.

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