Tikrit University

Verb tenses in passive sentences

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Salahaddin University

10.25130/Lang.8.5.8
Abstract
This research demonstrates the tenses and aspects in passive voice in the Kurdish language. The research shows how the patterns and principles of the tenses and aspects and their structures help to distinguish between the passive voice sentences. The research consists of two sections: The first section defines passive voice, describes the peculiarities of passive voice and sheds light on the reasons for passive voice. The second section deals with the tenses differently in terms of their patterns, their order and structure of roots of verb, time morphemes, indicators of passive voice, occurring pronounces peculiar to subject and object, and the time morphemes peculiar to passive voice. The research attempts to illustrate all the structures and each one is explained in a particular table. Also, all the tenses and aspects in passive voice and classified for further clarity. The research concludes with some findings.

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