forma passiva

10. Jul, 2012 1 Comment

Le espressioni come “I was asked”, “I was given”, “I was told” come vengono definite? Esistono altri esempi? Mercuzio

Si tratta di forme passive. In italiano, il complemento oggetto della forma attiva (Ted diede un libro a Pat) diventa soggetto della forma passiva (un libro fu dato a Pat da Ted). In inglese, invece, anche il complemento indiretto diventa soggetto della forma passiva (Pat was given a book by Ted).
Frasi quali I was asked a very tricky question; we were given a present; Alice was paid 200 pounds; Phil was send the wrong envelope; Jack was told the truth; we are taught French by M. Hollande sono davvero molto frequenti.
(Frances Hotimsky)