german passive

The Myth of “Three Passive Forms” “Grammar is not a set of tricks; it’s the shape of meaning.”— (Author’s Column by Tymur Levitin) Choose your language Why this series Most textbooks stop at a tiny island: werden-Passive in Präsens/Präteritum and, at best, Perfekt. Sometimes you see Zustandspassiv (sein + Partizip II). Almost nobody shows what happens in all […]