L38 Span 202 Lecture 6: Passive Voice (Se) and Synonyms
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Passive with ser: las casas fueron construidas por los inmigrantes, the houses were built by the immigrants. Passive se: se construyeron las casas en 1993, the houses were built in 1993. Se + third-person verb + receiver (object) of the action: se reciben miles de peticiones cada a o. Thousands of petitions are received every year: se aprueba s lo un peque o porcentaje de ellas. Only a small percentage of them is approved. The passive se verb agrees in number with the recipient of the action (i. e. miles, porcentaje) The passive with ser verses the passive se. The countries of spanish america were colonized by the spanish in the sixteenth century: agented implied by previous context: los espa oles llegaron al nuevo mundo a. The spanish arrived in the new world at the end of the fteenth century. The countries of spanish america were colonized in the sixteenth century.
