activevoice

Japanese: active voice(英語表記)activevoice
activevoice

For example, in the English sentence "John kicked the dog," John, the subject of the action "kick," appears as the subject, and the dog, the object of the action, appears as the object. In such a case, the verb is in the active voice. In contrast, the same fact can be expressed from a different perspective as "The dog was kicked by John."

*Some terminology explanations that mention "active voice" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…たとえば,英語のJohn kicked the dog.という文で〈kick〉という行為の主体であるJohnは主語としてあらわれており,その動作の及ぶ対象であるthe dogは目的語となっている。このような場合動詞は能動態active voiceである。これに対して,同一事実を視点を変えてThe dog was kicked by John.ということができる。…

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