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How do I conjugate the Spanish passive voice?

Can I conjugate the passive voice in any tense other than the present?

The two most common ways to conjugate the Spanish passive tense are: the passive se (se publicó el libro) and the passive with ser (el libro fue publicado). Below you will find the passive voice conjugated in third person indicative:

TENSE EXAMPLES TRANSLATION
Present es publicado / se publica is published
Imperfect era publicado / se publicaba it used to be published
Preterite Fue publicado / se publicó it was published
Future será publicado / se publicará it will be published
Conditional sería publicado / se publicaría it would be published
Perfect ha sido publicado / se ha publicado it has been published
Pluperfect había sido publicado / se había publicado it had been published
Future Perfect habrá sido publicado / se habrá publicado it will have been published
Conditional Perfect habría sido publicado / se habría publicado it would have been published

When using the passive ser, keep in mind that the participle must agree in number and gender with the subject of ser.

Also, there exists a passive continuous form of ser (estar siendo publicado / está publicandose, etc.), but it is not very common.

Further more in the passive voice, 'estar' corrpesonds to perfect of ser:

Estar Haber sido
Está Ha sido
Estaba Había sido
Estará Habrá sido
Estaría Habría sido

 

Translate the following sentences, writing in the form: ser passive / passive se.  Although capitalization does not count, spelling and order of the answer does! Assume that gender is masculine.

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1. they were built

2.it would be explained

3. it has been exposed

4. it will be respected



 


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