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| ===== Passive voice ===== | ===== Passive voice ===== | ||
| - | In **Passive** voice the patient (receiver, underdoer) of an action expressed by verb becomes the subject of the sentence. | + | Verbs in **Passive** voice swap the roles of subject and object. The patient (receiver, underdoer) of an action expressed by verb becomes the subject of the sentence. |
| There are 4 ways of expressing passive voice in Nûrlâm: | There are 4 ways of expressing passive voice in Nûrlâm: | ||
| - by adding passive voice marker //-âk-// before markers of verb's tense; this is mostly done with passive past tense. | - by adding passive voice marker //-âk-// before markers of verb's tense; this is mostly done with passive past tense. | ||