The Passive in Japanese

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英語の受動態

ACTIVE

Actor

Action

Receiver

 

 

The teacher

praised

Mary

 

 

先生はメアリ一をほめた。

 

PASSIVE

Receiver

be

V3

by + Actor

 

Mary

was

praised

by the teacher

 

メアリ一は先生にほめられた。

 

be is in the same tense as the active verb:

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