Russian Passive Voice
Instrumental Case in the Passive Voice
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Did you know that we use the Instrumental case in the Passive voice in the meaning of "smth is done by smb". Москва была основана Юрием Долгоруким. Moscow was founded by Yuri...
Long and Short Forms of Russian Passive Participles
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Did you know that Russian past passive participles can have both long and short forms? Long forms are used for descriptions and short forms to express facts in passive constructions. For...
Russian Active and Passive Construction
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Did you know that the Russian passive construction (был сделан, будет сделан, the verb быть in the past or in the future and the short form of the past participle)...
The Passive Voice in Russian. Part 1
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The passive voice is used to emphasize the action being performed and the affected object rather than the subject performing the action. In the Russian language, it is less common...
The Passive Voice in Russian. Part 2
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In the previous post, we looked at how passive forms are formed for imperfective verbs. Below, we will learn how the passive voice works with perfective verbs. The first thing to...
