3 Examples of Passive Sentences Converted to Active Sentences in Indonesian
One of types of sentences based on the subject is passive sentences. This sentence is a sentence in which the subject acts as the victim. In the sentence pattern, the subject is positioned after the object and predicate. This sentence can actually be changed into another sentence, namely active sentence. The way to change it is to position the subject of the passive sentence to the beginning of the sentence or before the predicate. In addition, the predicate of the passive sentence is changed by its affix, which was originally affixed and then changed to me-.
To find out what the passive voice changes look like, here are some examples that can be listened to as follows!
Example 1:
- The salted fish was eaten by our pet cat. (passive sentences)
- Our pet cat ate the salted fish. (active sentence)
In the example sentences above, we can see the difference between passive sentences that have not been changed and those that have been changed to active sentences. While still being sentence passive, the subject of the sentence (our pet cat) is placed after the object and predicate. Meanwhile, the predicate in this sentence still has the prefix
in-.After being used as an active sentence, the subject of the sentence (our pet cat) is moved to the beginning of the sentence or before the predicate and object. Meanwhile, the predicate of the sentence above (eaten) changes to eat by changing the suffix in- Becomes me-.
Example 2:
- Andi had thrown the trash into the trash can. (passive sentences)
- Andi had thrown the trash into the trash can. (active sentence)
In the example sentence above, we can see the difference between the example sentences above which are still passive and those that have become active sentences. When it is still a passive sentence, the subject of the sentence above (Andi) is still placed after the predicate. Meanwhile, the predicate of the sentence above (wasted) still has the prefix in-.
After being converted into an active sentence, the sentence above also changes. The subject that was originally located after the predicate, then changed its position to be before the predicate. As for the predicate itself, the suffix is changed, which was originally affixed in- turn into copious me-.
Example 3:
- The criminals were arrested by the police at nine o'clock last night.
The sentence above is a sentence that is still a passive sentence. This can be seen from the subject (police) which is still placed after the predicate. The predicate itself (captured) still uses the suffix in-.
If you want to change it into an active sentence, the subject of the sentence above must be placed at the beginning of the sentence or before the subject. In addition, the predicate of the sentence above must also be replaced by its suffix, from originally in- transformed into me-. After these two things are done, the passive sentence above will turn into an active sentence like the following!
- The police arrested the criminals at nine o'clock last night.
These are some examples of passive sentences being converted into active sentences in Indonesian. Hopefully useful and able to add insight to all readers, whether it's about passive sentences in particular, or languageIndonesia in general. Please also forgive if there are some mistakes contained in this article.
If the reader wants to add reference about passive sentences and the like, the reader can open the following articles, namely: examples of transitive and intransitive passive sentences; examples of active sentences changing to passive; examples of passive sentences zero; and examples of passive sentences and their patterns.