| 18.6.2 Formation of the passive voice |
First of all the bad news: there are two different types of passive
a) one is focussing on the process itself
b) one is focussing more on the result on the state of something.
The process passive is formed with a conjugated form of werden and the perfect participle of the verb.
| present | ||
| ich werde gerufen |  |
I am called |
| du wirst gerufen | you are called | |
| er / sie / es wird gerufen | he, she, it is called | |
| wir werden gerufen | we are called | |
| ihr werdet gerufen | you are called | |
| sie werden gerufen | they are called | |
| Imperfect | ||
| ich wurde gerufen | |
I was called |
| du wurdest gerufen | you were called | |
| er / sie / es wurde gerufen | he, she, it was called | |
| wir wurden gerufen | we were called | |
| ihr wurdet gerufen | you were called | |
| sie wurden gerufen | they were called | |
| Present perfect | ||
| ich bin gerufen worden | |
I have been called |
| du bist gerufen worden | you have been called | |
| er / sie / es ist gerufen worden | he, she, it has been called | |
| wir sind gerufen worden | we have been called | |
| ihr seid gerufen worden | you have been called | |
| sie sind gerufen worden | they have been called | |
| Past perfect | ||
| ich war gerufen worden | |
I had been called |
| du warst gerufen worden | you had been called | |
| er / sie / es war gerufen worden | he, she, it had been called | |
| wir waren gerufen worden | we had been called | |
| ihr wart gerufen worden | you had been called | |
| sie waren gerufen worden | she had been called |
| Examples | ||
| Die Leute wurden gefangen genommen. | |
The people were caught (and send to prison). |
| Das Auto war repariert worden. | |
The car had been repaired. |
| Die Autos waren repariert worden. | |
The cars had been repaired. |
| Die Maschine war überprüft worden. | |
The machine had been checked. |
