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B2–C1 · GFO · GFO006

Recipient + was/were + giving/showing passive + information/object

Explanation

A reusable frame from “German-led grammatical flexibility”. Compare how English and German express german-led grammatical flexibility. Practise reusable constructions with Russian translations.

Structure

EN · EnglishRecipient + was/were + giving/showing passive + information/object
DE · GermanRecipient + bekam/bekamen + accusative object + past participle

Anchor phrase

RU · Translation

Ей подробно объяснили процесс.

EN · English

She was given a detailed explanation of the process.

DE · German

Sie bekam den Ablauf ausführlich erklärt.

Try variations2 · more examples

  1. RU · Translation

    Нам показали новое рабочее место.

    EN · English

    We were shown the new workspace.

    DE · German

    Wir bekamen den neuen Arbeitsplatz gezeigt.

  2. RU · Translation

    Мне отправили исправленную версию по электронной почте.

    EN · English

    I was sent the corrected version by email.

    DE · German

    Ich bekam die korrigierte Version per E-Mail geschickt.

Pattern graph

Continue with nearby patterns

GFO001Subject + do/does not need to + infinitiveGFOGFO002Affected object + can be + past participle + manner/contextGFOGFO003Affected object + must be + passive participleGFOGFO004Actor + be required to + infinitiveGFO