In the active form, the subject performs the action expressed by the verb (subject and agent coincide). In the passive form, the subject suffers the action expressed by the verb, which is instead performed by something else or by another person (subject and agent are different). Example:\u00a0Il gelato \u00e8 comprato da Maria\u00a0Mar\u00eda buys the ice cream.<\/p>\n
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When the verb is in passive form,\u00a0the\u00a0true\u00a0agent of the sentence is not the subject\u00a0il paziente, il modo\u00a0\u00a0(the patient, the path), but the complement of the\u00a0dottore<\/strong>, di un crollo (of the doctor, of a collapse), which it is precisely defined as an agent complement.\u00a0The subject suffers the action.\u00a0Only verbs that have an expressed object complement can have the passive form.<\/p>\n The passive is formed with the auxiliary conjugated in the tense of the corresponding active verb, followed by the past participle of the verb.\u00a0The past participle agrees in gender and number with the subject.<\/strong><\/p>\n He (subject) eats (active verb) the pizza (object complement).<\/p>\n The pizza \u00e8 mangiata da lui.<\/p>\n Pizza (subject) is eaten (passive verb) by him (agent’s complement).<\/p>\n The waters (subject) have submerged (active verb) the village (object complement) \u21d2<\/p>\n The village (subject) has been submerged (passive verb) by waters (complement of efficient cause)<\/p>\n In the active form, the subject performs the action expressed by the verb (subject and agent coincide).\u00a0In the passive form,\u00a0the subject suffers the action expressed by the verb<\/strong>, which is instead performed by something else or by another person (subject and agent are different).\u00a0Example: Maria compra il gelato<\/em> (Maria buys the ice cream).<\/p>\n However, simple passive sentences\u00a0can<\/strong>\u00a0also\u00a0leave the author unmentioned,<\/strong>\u00a0leaving only the action itself, without worrying about who did what:<\/p>\n Dinner was served at sunset.<\/p>\n The cake was eaten in a minute.<\/p>\n The boy was happy to have been accepted.<\/p>\n The woman was very loved in her life.<\/p>\n You will observe how what was before the subject becomes the predicate and vice versa.<\/p>\n (Jorge eats pistachios)<\/p>\n Phrase in active that converted to passive would look like this:<\/p>\n (The pistachios are eaten by Jorge).<\/p>\n (Ra\u00fal irons his jacket).<\/p>\n Phrase in active that in passive would look like this:<\/p>\n The jacket is ironed by Ra\u00fal.<\/p>\n We transform a sentence from the\u00a0active to the passive form thanks to the use of auxiliary verbs<\/strong>, mainly to be but also to come and go.\u00a0Example: Listen.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I’m here<\/td>\n <\/p>\n I listen > they listen to me<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/p>\n Present perfect<\/td>\n <\/p>\n I’ve heard > I’ve been heard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/p>\n Imperfect<\/td>\n <\/p>\n I heard > I was heard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/p>\n I heard > I was heard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/p>\n Perfect past<\/td>\n <\/p>\n I had heard > had been heard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/p>\n I had heard > I was heard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/p>\n I will listen > I will be heard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/p>\n Perfect future<\/td>\n <\/p>\n I will have listened > I will have been listened<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/p>\n Simple conditional<\/td>\n <\/p>\n He would listen to me > He would listen to me<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/p>\n Conditional compound<\/td>\n <\/p>\n I will have listened > I will have been listened.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/p>\n I’m here<\/td>\n <\/p>\n what do I hear > listen to me<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/p>\n Past<\/td>\n <\/p>\n that I have heard > that they have listened to me<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/p>\n Imperfect<\/td>\n <\/p>\n that I heard > that they listened to me<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/p>\n Past<\/td>\n <\/p>\n that I had heard > that they had listened to me<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\nPassive Voice<\/h2>\n
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\n Present<\/p>\n ascolto > sono ascoltato<\/p>\n \n Passato prossimo<\/p>\n Ho ascoltato > sono stato ascoltato<\/p>\n \n Imperfetto<\/p>\n ascoltavo > ero ascoltato<\/p>\n \n Passato remoto
\nRemote past<\/td>\nascoltai > ero ascoltate<\/p>\n \n Trapassato prossimo<\/p>\n avevo ascoltato > ero stato ascoltato<\/p>\n \n Trapassato remoto
\nRemote past tense<\/td>\nebbi ascoltato > fui stato ascoltato<\/p>\n \n Futuro semplice
\nSimple future<\/td>\nascolter\u00f2 > sar\u00f2 ascoltate<\/p>\n \n Futuro previore<\/p>\n avr\u00f2 ascoltato > sar\u00f2 stato ascoltato<\/p>\n \n Condizionale Semplice<\/p>\n ascolterei > sarei ascoltato<\/p>\n \n Condizionale Composto<\/p>\n avr\u00f2 ascoltato > sar\u00f2 stato ascoltato<\/p>\n \n Presente<\/p>\n che io ascolti > che io sia ascoltato<\/p>\n \n Passato<\/p>\n che io abbia ascoltato > che io sia stato ascoltato<\/p>\n \n Imperfetto<\/p>\n che io ascoltassi > che io fossi ascoltato<\/p>\n \n Trapassato<\/p>\n che io \u00e1vessi ascoltato > che io fossi stato ascoltato<\/p>\n