Passive Voice French 3. Types of Voice There are three types of voice in French. – Active – Passive – Pronominal You already know how to do active and.

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1 Passive Voice French 3

2 Types of Voice There are three types of voice in French. – Active – Passive – Pronominal You already know how to do active and pronominal (je me douche) so let’s talk about passive voice.

3 Passive Voice In the passive voice, the action described by the verb is being done to the subject by an agent which is usually introduced by one of two prepositions: – Par – De Ex. Le livre est lu par Lise. Ex. Ma mère est aimée de mes amis.

4 Active vs. Passive Active: David fait le ménage. Passive: Le ménage est fait par David Active: Monet a peint la toile. Passive: La toile a été peint par Monet. Note that the passive voice always has one more verb than the active voice.

5 Usage The French passive voice may be used for two reasons: A) To put more emphasis on the person or thing performing the action: Active: Un enfant a écrit ce livre. - A child wrote this book. Passive: Ce livre a été écrit par un enfant. - This book was written by a child. B) To focus on an action without identifying the performer: Jean a écrit ce livre. - Jean wrote this book. vs Il a été écrit en 1927. - It was written in 1927.

6 Conjugation The passive voice is formed by taking the conjugated verb être plus the past participle (PP). The past participle has to agree with the subject NOT the agent, in gender and number- just like être verbs in the passé composé.

7 Conjugation ActivePassive PrésentAnne peint la toile.La toile est peinte par Anne. Passé ComposéAnne a peint la toile.La toile a été peinte par Anne. ImparfaitAnne peignait la toile.La toile était peinte par Anne. FuturAnne peindra la toile.La toile sera peinte par Anne.