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211 THE PASIVE VOICE
THE PASSIVE VOICE
Türkçe karşılığı edilgen çatı olan passive voice’ taki cümlenin öznesi daima edilgen durumda-
dır; eylemden etkilenmektedir.
Bir eylemi edilgen (passive) yapabilmemiz için kullanacağımız fiilin, break, make, sell, fry,
eat, prepare gibi geçişli (transitive); yani, nesne alabilen bir fiil olması gerekir.
Active : Our neighbours’ children broke our window.
Passive: Our window was broken by our neighbours’ children.
Active : The sun rises in the east.
Passive: Yok. Çünkü üstteki cümlemizdeki rise fiili geçişsiz (intransitive); yani nesne
almayan bir fiildir.
▀ Forming the passive (Edilgen yapılması)
Active (etken) fiilin nesnesi, edilgen (passive) cümlede özne durumuna geçer ve cümlemiz-
deki tense (zaman)’e göre be + past participle (fiilin –ed’li veya üçüncü hali) kullanılır:
Active : They are repairing the car.
Obj.
Passive: The car is being repaired (by them).
Subj.
Active : Finally, the rescue team found the lost climbers.
Obj.
Passive: Finally, the lost climbers were found by the rescue team.
Subj.
Active : The storm damaged all the buildings in our city.
Obj.
Passive: All the buildings in our city were damaged by the storm.
Subj.
Active : My uncle has just enrolled Jack in evening classes.
Obj.
Passive: Jack has just been enrolled in evening classes by my uncle.
Subj.
