B1 · Intermedio Capítulo 34

The Passive Voice with 'Bli'

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Master the art of focusing on the action rather than the person performing it.

  • Identify when to use the passive voice in Norwegian.
  • Form the passive using the auxiliary verb 'bli'.
  • Convert active sentences into passive constructions.
Shift your focus: Learn the Bli-Passive.

Lo que aprenderás

Focusing on the action rather than the doer. Learn how to form the passive using the auxiliary verb 'bli'.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

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    By the end you will be able to: describe processes or events objectively by forming the passive voice with 'bli'.

Vocabulario clave (6)

bli to become/to be skrevet written bygget built oppdaget discovered invitert invited hendelse event

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newspaper

A News Report

Review Summary

  • Subject + ble/blir + past participle

Errores comunes

Use 'ble' for the past passive action, not 'er' which describes a state.

Wrong: Huset er bygget i 1990.
Correcto: Huset ble bygget i 1990.

Always conjugate the auxiliary verb 'bli' according to the tense.

Wrong: Boken bli lest.
Correcto: Boken blir lest.

The passive voice requires the past participle (spist), not the infinitive (spise).

Wrong: Det ble spise middag.
Correcto: Middag ble spist.

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The Bli-Passive Construction

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Next Steps

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Rewrite a news headline from active to passive.

Continue to: Relative Clauses with 'Som'

Práctica rápida (4)

Choose the correct passive.

Hva er riktig?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Bilen blir vasket
Correct word order and participle.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: The Bli-Passive Construction

Fill in the correct form of 'bli'.

Huset ___ malt i går.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ble
Past tense is needed.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: The Bli-Passive Construction

Select the correct passive.

Hvilken er passiv?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Maten blir spist
Bli-passive.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: The Bli-Passive Construction

Fix the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

Han blir sovet.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Han sover
Sove is intransitive.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: The Bli-Passive Construction

Score: /4

Preguntas frecuentes (2)

No, only with transitive verbs that take an object.
Bli is dynamic and common; s-passive is formal and often habitual.
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