B1 · Intermédiaire Chapitre 41

The Passive Voice

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Shift the spotlight from the person doing the action to the action itself.

  • Form the passive voice using the auxiliary verb 'Jana' (to go).
  • Identify the past participle forms of common Punjabi verbs.
  • Express actions where the doer is unknown or unimportant.
It’s not about who did it, but what was done.

Ce que tu vas apprendre

How to focus on the action rather than the doer. Using the auxiliary 'Jana' to form passive constructions.

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 transform active sentences into passive constructions using the 'Jana' auxiliary.

Conseils et astuces (1)

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Focus on the Object

Always identify the object of the active sentence first. It becomes the subject of your passive sentence.
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Vocabulaire clé (6)

ਲਿਖਿਆ likhiya (written) ਕੀਤਾ kita (done) ਵੇਚਿਆ vechiya (sold) ਬਣਾਇਆ banaya (made/built) ਖਾਧਾ khadha (eaten) ਤੋੜਿਆ todiya (broken)

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Review Summary

  • [Past Participle of Main Verb] + [Conjugated form of 'Jana']

Erreurs courantes

In passive voice, the object (work) becomes the subject. Adding 'Main' (I) makes it sound like 'I was done' as an object, which is incorrect.

Wrong: ਮੈਂ ਕੰਮ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ (Main kamm kita gaya)
Correct: ਕੰਮ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ (Kamm kita gaya)

Both the past participle and 'Jana' must agree with the gender of the noun. Since 'Chithi' is feminine, both must be feminine.

Wrong: ਚਿੱਠੀ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਗਿਆ (Chithi likhiya gaya)
Correct: ਚਿੱਠੀ ਲਿਖੀ ਗਈ (Chithi likhi gayi)

Without the 'gayi' (form of Jana), this is just a standard perfect tense active sentence. You need 'Jana' to make it passive.

Wrong: ਰੋਟੀ ਖਾਧੀ ਹੈ (Roti khadhi hai)
Correct: ਰੋਟੀ ਖਾਧੀ ਗਈ ਹੈ (Roti khadhi gayi hai)

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The 'Jana' Passive

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Next Steps

You're doing great! Mastering the passive voice is a huge step toward sounding like a native speaker. Keep practicing those 'Jana' endings!

Read a Punjabi news headline and try to identify if it's active or passive.

Describe your favorite meal's preparation using only passive verbs.

Continue to: Causative Verbs: Making it Happen

Pratique rapide (5)

Fill the blank.

ਨਿਯਮ ___ ਕੀਤੇ ਗਏ ਹਨ।

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
Vocabulary.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: The 'Jana' Passive

Choose the correct passive sentence.

Which is correct?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
Gender agreement.

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Correct the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

ਕੰਮ ਕੀਤਾ ਜੰਦਾ ਹੈ।

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
Spelling correction.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: The 'Jana' Passive

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

ਕੰਮ ___ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
Participle + jana.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: The 'Jana' Passive

Choose the correct future passive.

ਕੰਮ ___ ।

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
Future tense.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: The 'Jana' Passive

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Questions fréquentes (2)

It's a way to form the passive voice in Punjabi using the auxiliary verb 'jana'.
When the action is more important than the person doing it.
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