Passive Voice

المبني للمجهول

About this concept

Internal passive formed by vowel changes: فُعِلَ (past), يُفْعَلُ (present). Agent is not mentioned. Subject becomes grammatical subject in nominative.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~35 cards at level B1.

Examples

كُتِبَ الكتاب.The book was written.

يُقرَأ القرآن.The Quran is being read.

بُنِيَ المسجد.The mosque was built.

تُدرَّس العربية هنا.Arabic is taught here.

Prerequisite

Past Tense (Perfect)A1

More B1 concepts

Verb Forms VI-Xالأفعال: السادس إلى العاشر Weak Verbsالأفعال المعتلة Doubled Verbsالأفعال المضعفة Subjunctive Moodالمضارع المنصوب Jussive Moodالمضارع المجزوم

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