LA VOZ PASIVA 1.

Se dice que una oracin est en voz activa cuando el sujeto de la oracin es quien realiza la accin: Pedro de Mendoza founded Buenos Aires. (Pedro de Mendoza fund Buenos Aires). 2. Se dice que una oracin est en voz pasiva cuando el sujeto de la oracin no realiza ninguna accin, sino que recibe la accin realizada por un agente Buenos Aires was founded by Pedro de Mendoza. (Buenos Aires fue fundada por Pedro de Mendoza) 3 a.Usamos la voz pasiva cuando no sabemos quien ha hecho la accin.
o o o

Ejemplos: A civilian has been killed. (Un civil ha sido asesinado.) The car was stolen. (El coche fue robado.)

3 b. Usamos la voz pasiva cuando queremos dar importancia a lo que pas, ms que a quin hizo la accin o cuando no queremos decir quien lo hizo.
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Ejemplos: The letter was delivered yesterday. (La carta fue entregada ayer.) A mistake was made. (Un error fue cometido.)

4. 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 ACTIVA Tom writes a letter Tom is writing a letter Tom was writing a letter Tom wrote a letter Tom has written a letter Tom had written a letter Tom will write a letter Tom is going to write a letter Tom can write a letter Tom could write a letter Tom must write a letter Tom may write a letter Tom might write a letter VOZ PASIVA A letter is written by Tom A letter is being written by Tom A letter was being written by Tom A letter was written by Tom A letter has been written by Tom A letter had been written by Tom A letter will be written by Tom A letter is going to be written by Tom A letter can be written by Tom A letter could be written by Tom A letter must be written by Tom A letter may be written... A letter might be written...

5. Para hacer referencia al agente que realiza la accin se usa la partcula by (por) Buenos Aires was founded by Pedro de Mendoza. (Buenos Aires fue fundada por Pedro de Mendoza)

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