Passive
Voice
The Passive voice is constructed with the auxiliary ésser
(ser) to be and the preposition per
by, cf.:
-
El rei és estimat pel seu poble. The king
is loved by his people.
-
Fou condemnada pel jurat. She was found guilty by
the jury.
The
"reflexive" passive voice with se
The unstressed pronoun se (with its variant forms
’s, es, s’) can be used to express the passive voice when the agent
(subject) is unknown, indefinite or not mentioned, cf.:
-
El català es parla al nord-est d’Espanya. = El
català és parlat al nord-est d’Espanya
Catalan is spoken in North-Eastern
Spain (litt. "Catalan speaks itself in NE Spain.")
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