Examples
In the following examples the active and passive voice are illustrated with pairs of sentences using the same transitive verb.
| Language | Active voice | Passive voice |
|---|---|---|
| English | The hunter saw the deer. | The deer was seen by the hunter. |
| French | Brackett a écrit ce livre. (Brackett wrote this book.) | Ce livre a été écrit par Brackett. (This book was written by Brackett.) |
| Japanese | 犬がかんだ。 (A dog bit .) | 犬にかまれた。 (By a dog was bitten.) |
| German | Der Hund biss den Postboten. (The dog bit the postman.) | Der Postbote wurde vom Hund gebissen. (The postman was bitten by the dog.) |
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