How Do I Change a Perfect Active to a Perfect Passive Form?
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1. Start with the perfect active form that you wish to change. | AMÂVÎ
AMÂVERAM AMÂVERÔ |
I
have loved
I had loved I will have loved |
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2. Get the FOURTH principal part, and give it the correct gender and number, according to the subject. | AMÂTUS | loved |
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3. Add the appropriate form of esse, according to tense and according to the number and gender of the subject. | AMÂTUS
SUM
AMÂTUS ERAM AMÂTUS ERÔ |
I have
been loved
I had been loved I will have been loved |
The girls have been reminded. | Puellae monitae sunt. |
The towns will have been taken. | Oppida capta erunt. |
The speakers had been heard. | Ôrâtôrês audîtî erant. |
The books were sent. | Librî missî sunt. |
The book was sent. | Liber missus est. |