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Passive Voice

To form the Passive Voice in the Present, Imperfect and Future Tenses:

  Active Endings Passive Endings
Singular Plural Singular Plural
1st person o/m mus r/or mur
2nd person s tis ris mini
3rd Person t nt tur ntur


Synopses of the Present tense - 1st, 2nd, 3rd IO conjugations
  Active Passive Active Passive Active Passive
1st Person Singular portô portor moneô moneor rapiô rapior
2nd Person Singular portâs portâris monês monêris rapis raperis*
3rd person Singular portat portâtur monet monêtur rapit rapitur
1st Person Plural portâmus portâmur monêmus monêmur rapimus rapimur
2nd Person Plural portâtis portâmini monêtis monêmini rapitis rapimini
3rd Person Plural portant portantur monent monentur rapiunt rapiuntur


Examples of Imperfect tense -- 1st person singular forms
Active Passive Active Passive Active Passive
portâbam portâbar monêbam monêbar rapiêbam* rapiêbar*

Notice the imperfect tense sign -ba- is simply added between the stem and the personal ending.


Examples of Future tense -- 1st, 2nd 3rd person singular forms
Active Passive Active Passive Active Passive
portâbô portâbor monêbô monêbor rapiam rapiar
portâbis portâberis monêbis monêberis rapiês* rapiêris*
portâbit portâbitur monêbit monêbitur rapiet rapiêtur*

Notice in the 1st and 2nd conjugations the future tense sign, inserted between the stem and the personal ending, can be either -bi- or -be- .


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