Voice
In Slovene, a verb can be used in 2 different voices: active (tvornik) and passive (trpnik). Only the active voice maintains a complete conjugation pattern for all the tenses. In Slovene, the passive voice is formed by using the verb biti (to be), appropriately conjugated, and the passive past participle in -en of the main verb or for reflexive verbs it is formed by adding -se to the end of a verb. Except for reflexive verbs, the passive voice is rarely used. An example of the passive voice is Izvoljen je bil za člana Kraljeve družbe (He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society). However, this is more commonly stated, using the active voice, as Izvolili so ga za člana Kraljeve družbe (They elected him a fellow of the Royal Society).
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Famous quotes containing the word voice:
“Haply a woman’s voice may do some good
When articles too nicely urged be stood on.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“When the Church of Jesus
Shuts its outer door,
Lest the roar of traffic
Drown the voice of prayer:
May our prayers, Lord, make us
Ten times more aware
That the world we banish
Is our Christian care.”
—Frederick Pratt Green (b. 1903)
“The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. What demon possessed me that I behaved so well? You may say the wisest thing you can, old man,—you who have lived seventy years, not without honor of a kind,—I hear an irresistible voice which invites me away from all that.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)