Swahili Passive Voice

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Passive voice

the object become the subject and is doing something (ex: the book was read, instead of kai read the book)

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how do you mark passive

(sm/ncm+tm+verb+wa)

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do you include tense marker?

yes

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strurcture

object+verb (with subject makers of the object's noun class)+subject (person)

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what becomes the subject market of the verb?

the noun class the object takes

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what do you do for a verb that has a double vowel root change

keep the root change, add 'wa before the final 'a' (ex: fagilia --> fagiliwa)

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do you include the object marker

no