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Re: Active and Passive please help.

From:Joe Hill <joe@...>
Date:Sunday, December 16, 2001, 20:18
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From: "Almaran Dungeonmaster" <dungeonmaster@...>
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Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: Active and Passive please help.


> Joe Hill wrote > > > My language has no passive sentences. I can't seem to translate it was > called into and active sentence... > > Do you mean you want to convert the phrase "it was called" into an active > phrase? It might be a little hard, since "to be called" in the current > meaning is inherently passive in English. However, other languages have an > active verb for naming things. > > E.g. in dutch, we use the verb "heten" to name things. > > "Ik heet Maarten"= "I am called Maarten" > > So all you have to do is invent a transitive verb in your language that > means "being named". > > Maarten
No, but I can make one... silly thinking in English...