Latin passive introduction/review

1. Passive Voice

2. Voice is a property of verbs.
Voice can be active or passive.
In active sentences, the subject is the one
doing the action.
In passive sentences, the subject is being
acted upon.

4. Active:
Lightning strikes the
Eiffel Tower.
Passive:
The Eiffel Tower is struck
by lightning.

5. In English, we move the
words around and change
the verb to a passive form,
usually using helping verbs.
In Latin, we don’t need to
move anything, we just need
to change the verb to a
passive form.

6. Passive Forms: Present Tense
1st PP + r Present Stem + mur
Present Stem + ris Present Stem + mini
Present Stem + tur Present Stem + ntur

7. Passive Forms: Present Tense
amor amamur
amaris amamini
amatur amantur

8. Passive Forms: Imperfect Tense
Present Stem + ba + r Present Stem + ba + mur
Present Stem + ba + ris Present Stem + ba + mini
Present Stem + ba + tur Present Stem + ba + ntur

9. Passive Forms: Imperfect Tense
amabar amabamur
amabaris amabamini
amabatur amabantur

10. Passive Forms: Future Tense
Present Stem + bo + r Present Stem + bi + mur
Present Stem + be + ris Present Stem + bi + mini
Present Stem + bi + tur Present Stem + bu + ntur

11. Passive Forms: Future Tense
amabor amabimur
amaberis amabimini
amabitur amabuntur

12. Pause for Practice:
laudabar portabamini
dantur
habemur
timeberis
videbitur spectaris
navigabantur

14. Passive Forms: Perfect Tense
4th PP + sum 4th PP + sumus
4th PP + es 4th PP + estis
4th PP + est 4th PP + sunt

15. Passive Forms: Perfect Tense
amatus sum amati sumus
amatus es amati estis
amatus est amati sunt

16. Passive Forms: Pluperfect Tense
4th PP + eram 4th PP + eramus
4th PP + eras 4th PP + eratis
4th PP + erat 4th PP + erant

17. Passive Forms: Pluperfect Tense
amatus eram amati eramus
amatus eras amati eratis
amatus erat amati erant

18. Passive Forms: Future Perfect Tense
4th PP + ero 4th PP + erimus
4th PP + eris 4th PP + eritis
4th PP + erit 4th PP + erunt

19. Passive Forms: Future Perfect Tense
amatus ero amati erimus
amatus eris amati eritis
amatus erit amati erunt

21. Pause for Practice
spectatus est amatum
erit
laudati sunt portatae sumus
confirmatus ero
vulnerati erant