Passive Sentences in Indonesian

Passive Sentences in Language Indonesia – Definition, Characteristics, Types, and Examples – According to Language Dictionary Indonesia (KBBI), a sentence is a unified word that expresses a concept of thoughts and feelings. Sentences can also be referred to as words or language units that are relatively stand alone, has a final intonation pattern, and consists of clause in Indonesian. Sentence types itself is counted many, where one of them is passive voice. This type of sentence will be discussed specifically in this article, starting from the meaning, characteristics, types, to examples.

Definition of Passive Sentence

Passive sentence is a type of sentence that is based on the subject of the sentence. In the passive voice, the subject acts as a victim who is subjected to an action. The predicate in this sentence usually has an affix in- or ter-. This sentence is also a change from the active voice, especially examples of transitive active sentences.

Read: types of active sentences – examples of transitive and intransitive active sentences

– transitive active sentences the meaning of features and examples – examples of transitive active sentences – examples of intransitive active sentences

Characteristics of Passive Sentences

This sentence has a number of characteristics, namely:

• The subject acts as a sufferer or is subject to an action.
• The predicate is abundant in-, ter- ke-an, and ter-an.
• The predicate can be types of pronouns person followed by an unaffixed verb.
• The object of the passive voice is the subject of sentence active.
• Usually there is the word by or with inside it. Even so, two word can be removed and the meaning of the sentence will not change.

Types of Passive Sentences and Examples

In addition to characteristics, this type of sentence has a number of types and examples, namely:

1. Transitive Passive Sentence

It is a sentence whose predicate has an object. The basic pattern of this sentence is O-P-S or O-P-S-K. Example:

• Cats eat fish. (O= fish, P= eaten, S= cat)
• Father repaired the roof of the house so it doesn't leak again when rain later. (O= house tiles, P= repaired, S= Dad, K= so it doesn't leak again when it rains)

2. Intransitive Passive Sentence

It is a sentence whose predicate has no object. The basic pattern of this sentence is S-P or S-P-K. example:

• Apples are sold in fruit shops. (S= apples, P= sold, K= in fruit shops)
• Andi fell. (S= Andi, P= fell)

3. Action Passive Sentence

It is a passive sentence whose predicate is an action or deed. The predicate is usually in the form of jtypes of verbs abundant in-, ter, th-, or pronoun. Example:

• That rat arrested a cat.
• my motorcycle tires stabbed spikes spread by irresponsible tire patch owners.
• Sibling we bring to the police station.

4. Situation Passive Sentence

Is a type of passive sentence which is a condition that describes the condition of the subject. The predicate in this passive sentence is usually basic word example abundant to-an. Example:

• We Fright while crossing the highway.
• her house theft last night.

In addition to the four types above, there are several other types of passive sentences that should be known, namely:

1. Regular passive voice: is the result of transformation from transitive active sentence. The predicate in this sentence usually has the affix in-, ter-, and to-an. Example: Rice cooked Mother.
2. Zero passive sentences: is a sentence whose predicate is not affixed with a prefix, but affixed with a suffix. As for the suffix which is the suffix - right. The object in this sentence is the object of the actor accompanied by the predicate with the final affix - right. Example: I hand it over this trust to you. (Actor object = me)

Read: types of sentences – core sentence – direct and indirect sentences – single sentence – active voice and passive voice

Thus the discussion about passive sentences in Indonesian – meaning, characteristics, types and examples. Thank you.