Passive Form
What is it?
A 'normal' active sentence would sound: drengen spiser æblet (the boy is eating the apple). Changing that into passive it becomes: æblet spises af drengen (the apple is eaten by the boy).
The Rules
#1: [verb] +s af
or
#2: bliver [verb participle] af
Examples
| Present Tense | Active | Passive #1 | Passive #2 |
|---|---|---|
| drengen spiser æblet | æblet spises af drengen | æblet bliver spist af drengen |
| the boy is eating the apple | the apple is eaten by the boy | the apple gets eaten by the boy |
| Past Tense | Active | Passive #1 | Passive #2 |
| drengen spiste æblet | æblet spistes af drengen | æblet blev spist af drengen |
| the boy ate the apple | the apple was eaten by the boy | the apple got eaten by the boy |
| Present Perfect | Active | Passive #1 | Passive #2 |
| drengen har spist æblet | n/a | æblet er blevet spist af drengen |
| the boy has eaten the apple | the apple has been eaten by the boy | [lit: the apple has gotten eaten by the boy] |
| Past Perfect | Active | Passive #1 | Passive #2 |
| drengen havde spist æblet | n/a | æblet var blevet spist af drengen |
| the boy ate the apple | the apple had been eaten by the boy | the apple had gotten eaten by the boy |