Abstract
In a passive construction the subject of the sentence undergoes the action of the verb. Dutch expresses this relationship by the use of the verb worden,the independent meaning of which is ‘to become’, plus the past participle of the verb.
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© 1958 Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands
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Shetter, W.Z. (1958). The passive voice. In: Introduction to Dutch. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9222-4_25
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