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active_voice

active voice

English

Noun

active voice ‎(uncountable)

(grammar, uncountable) the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action
"The ball was kicked by Fred." would, in active voice, be "Fred kicked the ball."
(grammar, countable) a form in a particular language used to express the active voice

Translations

the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action

Albanian: veprore f
Arabic: صِيغَة مَعْلُوم f ‎(ṣīḡat maʿlūm), مَبْنِيّ مَعْلُوم m ‎(mabniyy maʿlūm)
Armenian: ներգործական սեռ ‎(nergorcakan seṙ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 主動語態 (zh), 主动语态 (zh) ‎(zhǔdòng yǔtài)
Czech: činný rod m, aktivum n
Dutch: bedrijvende vorm, actief (nl) n, activum n
Esperanto: aktiva voĉo
Faroese: gerðsøgn f
Finnish: aktiivi (fi)
French: voix active (fr) f
German: Aktiv (de) n, Aktivum (de) n
Greek: ενεργητική φωνή (el) f ‎(energitikí foní)
Icelandic: germynd (is) f

Italian: forma attiva f, attivo (it) m
Japanese: 能動態 (ja) ‎(のうどうたい, nōdōtai)
Korean: 능동태 (ko) ‎(neungdongtae) (能動態 (ko))
Latin: genus activum
Latvian: darāmā kārta f
Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)}veikiamoji rūšis f
Persian: صیغه معلوم
Portuguese: voz ativa (pt) f
Romanian: diateză activă
Russian: действи́тельный зало́г (ru) m ‎(dejstvítelʹnyj zalóg), акти́вный зало́г (ru) m ‎(aktívnyj zalóg), акти́в (ru) m ‎(aktív)
Scottish Gaelic: guth spreigeach m
Serbo-Croatian: aktiv (sh) m
Spanish: voz activa f
Swedish: aktiv (sv) n, aktivum (sv) n

See also

passive voice