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passival
Noun
(grammar)
An
archaic
progressive
construction
in
middle
voice
(syntactically
active
but
semantically
passive),
replaced
by
the
passive
progressive
in
modern
English.
For
example,
"the
house
is
building",
"the
meal
was
eating",
"the
trunks
were
carrying
down"
(today
"the
house
is
being
built",
"the
meal
is
being
eaten").
Japanese Meaning
passivalは、古英語における文法用語で、進行形の中で中間態（形式上は能動だが、意味上は受動）を表す構文です。これは現代英語の受動進行形（例：「the house is being built」など）に置き換えられた、古典的な用法です。
Sense（1）
(grammar)
An
archaic
progressive
construction
in
middle
voice
(syntactically
active
but
semantically
passive),
replaced
by
the
passive
progressive
in
modern
English.
For
example,
"the
house
is
building",
"the
meal
was
eating",
"the
trunks
were
carrying
down"
(today
"the
house
is
being
built",
"the
meal
is
being
eaten").
Quizzes for review
(grammar) An archaic progressive construction in middle voice (syntactically active but semantically passive), replaced by the passive progressive in modern English. For example, the house is building
, the meal was eating
, the trunks were carrying down
(today the house is being built
, the meal is being eaten
).
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passival
The class discussed the passival, an archaic progressive construction in the middle voice exemplified by sentences like the house is building
.
See correct answer
The class discussed the passival, an archaic progressive construction in the middle voice exemplified by sentences like the house is building
.
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