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Beyond the Basics: The Passive Voice (Advanced)

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Master the art of the passive voice to refine your Bengali expression and formal communication skills.

  • Construct impersonal passive sentences for formal reports.
  • Manipulate causative verbs into passive structures.
  • Employ stylistic passive phrasing to shift focus onto the action.
Shift the focus, master the nuance.

Ce que tu vas apprendre

Deepen your understanding of the passive voice, including its various forms and nuances in different contexts. This allows for more stylistic flexibility.

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: Use impersonal passive constructions to describe general observations.

Conseils et astuces (4)

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The 'Je' Connector

Always use 'যে' (that) after 'বলা হয়' or 'শোনা যায়' to introduce the information you are reporting.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Passive with Impersonal Subjects
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The 'By' Rule

Always use '-কে দিয়ে' (ke diye) for the person who is actually doing the work. It makes your sentence sound 100% more native than using 'দ্বারা'.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Passive of Causative Verbs
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Keep it simple

Don't use passive for everything.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Stylistic Uses of the Passive Voice
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The 'Discovery' Test

If you can add 'suddenly' or 'unexpectedly' to the sentence, 'pora' is likely the right choice.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Passive Constructions with 'Pora' (পড়া - pora)

Vocabulaire clé (5)

কথিত আছে (kothito achhe) it is said করা হয় (kora hoy) is done নির্ধারিত (nirdharito) determined/fixed পড়া (pora) to be read/happened নির্দেশিত (nirdeshito) instructed

Real-World Preview

newspaper

Formal News Report

Review Summary

  • Subject + Verb(passive)
  • Cause + Pora/Hoy
  • Object + Passive verb
  • Verb + Pora

Erreurs courantes

You cannot have an agent 'I' in an impersonal passive sentence. Remove the subject.

Wrong: আমি কাজটি করা হয়েছে।
Correct: কাজটি করা হয়েছে।

The correct auxiliary verb for 'pora' passive is 'hoye', not 'hoy'.

Wrong: সেটি পড়া হয় গেছে।
Correct: সেটি পড়া হয়ে গেছে।

Active causative vs passive causative. Use 'kora-no holo' for passive.

Wrong: কাজটি আমি করালাম।
Correct: কাজটি করানো হলো।

Next Steps

You have done a fantastic job! Keep practicing these structures to make them second nature.

Rewrite a news article using passive voice

Continue to: The Power of Combination: Advanced Compound Verbs

Pratique rapide (10)

Fill in the blank with the correct auxiliary (হয় or যায়).

দূর থেকে সমুদ্রের গর্জন শোনা ___।

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: যায়
Perception (hearing) uses 'যায়'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Passive with Impersonal Subjects

Correct the error: 'এখানে ধূমপান কর নিষেধ।'

Find and fix the mistake:

এখানে ধূমপান কর নিষেধ।

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: এখানে ধূমপান করা নিষেধ।
The verbal noun 'করা' must be used.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Passive with Impersonal Subjects

Correct the sentence: 'ভুলটি আমার চোখে হয়েছে।'

Find and fix the mistake:

ভুলটি আমার চোখে হয়েছে।

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ভুলটি আমার চোখে পড়েছে
The idiom for noticing something is 'chokhe pora'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Passive Constructions with 'Pora' (পড়া - pora)

Fill in the blank with the correct form of 'pora'.

আমার তোমার কথা খুব মনে ___। (Present Continuous)

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: পড়ছে
Present continuous 'porche' indicates the feeling is happening right now.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Passive Constructions with 'Pora' (পড়া - pora)

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb 'করা' (to do).

তাকে দিয়ে কাজটা ___ হচ্ছে।

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: করানো
Since 'তাকে দিয়ে' is used, we need the causative stem 'করানো'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Passive of Causative Verbs

Fill in the blank.

Kajti ___ hoyeche.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
Passive requires 'kora'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Stylistic Uses of the Passive Voice

Choose the most natural way to say 'It is said that he is a hero'.

Which sentence is correct?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: তাকে একজন বীর বলা হয়।
This is the most natural impersonal passive structure.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Passive with Impersonal Subjects

Which sentence means 'The car was repaired'?

Select the correct Bengali translation:

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: গাড়িটা সারানো হলো।
'সারানো হলো' is the passive of the causative 'সারানো'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Passive of Causative Verbs

Choose the correct verb for: 'The thief was caught red-handed.'

চোরটি হাতেনাতে ___।

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ধরা পড়েছে
For discovery/catching a criminal, 'dhora pora' is the standard idiomatic expression.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Passive Constructions with 'Pora' (পড়া - pora)

Find the error in this sentence: 'ছাত্রদের দিয়ে কবিতাটি মুখস্থ করা হলো।'

Find and fix the mistake:

What is the correct verb form?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: মুখস্থ করানো হলো
When using 'diye', the verb must be causative (mukhosto korano).

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Passive of Causative Verbs

Score: /10

Questions fréquentes (6)

No, বলা হয় is impersonal. If you want to say 'I say', use আমি বলি.
বলা হয় means 'It is said' (a fact), while বলা যায় means 'It can be said' (a possibility).
Yes, but it sounds very formal or like a textbook. In daily conversation, diye is much more natural.
It can be. If you say Ma bacchake khawano hocche (incorrect), it's wrong. It should be Bacchake khawano hocche (The child is being fed).
In formal writing.
No, it can also mean 'to fall' (literal) or 'to read'. You have to look at the word before it.
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