[etni] passive\active

  • From: debora Siegel <debora.siegel@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:21:40 +0200

A student asked me why both
The table broke
and
The table was broke
translate to passive in Hebrew --   ×?ש×?×?×?×? נש×?ר

The same  holds true for door opened, door closed, bottle cracked

Perhaps there are other verbs that behave the same way...

Does someone have an explanation ?
Debora


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