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These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. The construction of the first - and easiest - form of the Spanish passive voice is pretty much the same as in English the object or person receiving the action. In Spanish, regular past participles end in -ado or -ido: cantado (sung), comido (eaten). Past participles are forms of a verb that accompany the auxiliary verb in perfect tenses and can also function as adjectives. If they are not followed by a thing/person that receives their action, transitive verbs sound incomplete (for example, the verb abrir (to open) does not make sense if we don’t mention what was opened.) Transitive verbs are verbs that require a direct object that receives their action. When we form the passive voice with ser, we have the option to also mention the doer of the action later in the sentence, introduced by por. To whom does Ana write letters? → to her friend (indirect object)Īna escribe cartas a su amigo. It’s pretty common to use the passive voice in scientific writing or in situations where you don't know who performed a certain action, as in 'My bike was stolen.' But in most other cases, sticking to the active voice is more direct and produces more concise writing. You can identify it by asking ¿a quién? (to/for whom)Īna writes letters to her friend. The passive voice isn’t wrong, but it's not always appropriate. Indirect object: It’s the person, animal, or thing that indirectly receives the action of the verb in a sentence. What does Ana write? → letters (direct object)Īna escribe cartas.

You can identify it by asking ¿qué? (what?) or ¿a quién? (who?).Īna writes letters. Direct object:It’s the person, animal, or thing that directly receives the action of the verb in a sentence.

Active vs passive voice spanish