Present Passive: amor, amaris, amatur

Passive Voice: Amor, Amaris, Amatur

Level 4

The passive endings are -r, -ris, -tur, -mur, -mini and -ntur.

How It Works

Person	Active	Passive	English
I	amo	amor	I am loved
you (one)	amas	amaris	you are loved
he, she, it	amat	amatur	he is loved
we	amamus	amamur	we are loved
you (all)	amatis	amamini	you are loved
they	amant	amantur	they are loved

Amor is also the noun love. The sentence settles it: A matre amor means I am loved by my mother.

The passive in Latin is one word, and English needs am, is or are plus a participle.

The object of an active sentence becomes the subject of the passive one. Marcus Liviam amat becomes Livia a Marco amatur.

Marcus a Livia amatur.
Marcus is loved by Livia.
Amatur is the passive: Marcus receives the love.
A matre amor.
I am loved by my mother.
Amor is the first person passive. A matre names the doer.
Fideles a sacerdote vocantur.
The faithful are called by the priest.
Vocantur is the third person plural passive.
A Marco vocaris.
You are called by Marcus.
Vocaris is the second person singular passive.
Deus ab omnibus laudatur.
God is praised by everyone.
Laudatur is the third person singular passive.

Using the active ending in a passive sentence.
Marcus a Livia amat.
Marcus a Livia amatur.
Amat is active, so Marcus would be the one who loves. When Marcus is loved by Livia, the verb needs the passive ending: amatur.
Using a singular ending with a plural subject.
Pueri a magistro vocatur.
Pueri a magistro vocantur.
Pueri is plural, so the verb ends in -ntur: vocantur.

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Present Passive: amor, amaris, amaturLevel 4Passive Voice: Amor, Amaris, Amatur

The passive swaps the endings of a present tense you know, so a present tense and the idea of voice come first.

Patterns that build on this one.

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