 | A passive question |
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This is a bit complicated, so I hope you'll bear with me. As far as I can understand, many, if not most Greek verbs have an active and a passive voice. Is it possible, though, to use the verb είμαι ( in whatever tense), plus the passive perfect participle. Take, for instance, the verb προστατεύω- Ι protect. In English you can either say " I protect myself" or "I am protected". Can you do this in Greek? That is, do προστατεύομαι and είμαι προστατευμένος/η mean the same thing. If they did, it would make life a lot simpler! |
| Απάντηση: A passive question |
Of course you can do this  In your example προστατεύομαι και είμαι προστατευμένος mean indeed I protect myself and I am protected and can be used both to mean the same thing because of the actual meaning of the verb.However, there is a very simple rule to keep you clear of trouble : You should use the first passive -ομαι when you want to say you're doing something right now, while use είμαι -μένος when the action has already happened but its effect continues. Eg.Παντρεύομαι, είμαι παντρεμένος (I am getting married, I am married) Hope this helps |
