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Example:<br />
Using the verbs provided, write original passive <strong>sentence</strong>s.<br />
können, reparieren<br />
Der alte Wagen konnte nicht richtig repariert werden.<br />
1. müssen, abholen<br />
2. sollen, unterrichten<br />
3. können, schreiben<br />
4. dürfen, schreiben<br />
5. müssen, mieten<br />
6. sollen, besuchen<br />
7. dürfen, ansprechen<br />
Another passive form<br />
As mentioned earlier, there is a second type of passive. It consists of a conjugation of the verb sein<br />
and a past participle. This second passive offers the past participle as an adjective. The difference<br />
between werden in the passive and sein in the passive is perhaps more clearly illustrated in<br />
English. Consider the following pair of <strong>sentence</strong>s in the present tense:<br />
The old clock is being repaired.<br />
The old clock is repaired.<br />
The first <strong>sentence</strong> shows an action that is in progress. The second <strong>sentence</strong> describes the clock as<br />
already being in a state of repair—it is adjectival in nature. In German, the difference is marked<br />
by the use of the two different auxiliaries:<br />
Die alte Uhr wird repariert.<br />
Die alte Uhr ist repariert.<br />
If the participle in the two example <strong>sentence</strong>s above is replaced with a true adjective, only the<br />
second <strong>sentence</strong>, with sein, will make sense without changing its meaning. The <strong>sentence</strong> with<br />
werden, on the other hand, would lose its passive meaning, werden reverts to its meaning of to<br />
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