The Passive in Thai
In English, Passive = be + V3
In Thai,
the Passive is made with these words:
An
active sentence
Thai people eat rice.
(The subject is Thai people.
)
A
passive sentence
Rice is eaten by Thai
people.
(The subject is rice
)
ACTIVE
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Actor
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Action
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Receiver
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Thai people
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grow
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rice
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in the rainy season
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PASSIVE
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Receiver
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be
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V3
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Actor
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Rice
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is
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grown
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by Thai People
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in the rainy season
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Rice
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is
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grown
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in the rainy season
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“be” is in the same tense as the active verb:
Present continuous
That woman is hitting a cat.
A cat is being hit.
Past
Simple
We grew rice yesterday.
.
Rice was grown yesterday.
Future
– Will
We will grow rice tomorrow.
Rice will be grown tomorrow.
source:
https://sites.google.com/site/passivevoice411/