B2–C1 · GFO · GFO006

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

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

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

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  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.

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