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Active is when the subject does something to an object. The dog bit the man. Passive is when the recipient of the action has something done by someone else.
- Active is when the subject does something to an object.
- The dog bit the man.
- Passive is when the recipient of the action has something done by someone else.
- The man was bitten by the dog.
- Middle isn't really used much in English, but it's when the subject does whatever it does to itself.
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Active is when the subject does something to an object. The dog bit the man.
Passive is when the recipient of the action has something done by someone else. The man was bitten by the dog.
Middle isn't really used much in English, but it's when the subject does whatever it does to itself. Someone who speaks classical Greek can give a better desription.
Passive is when the recipient of the action has something done by someone else. The man was bitten by the dog.
Middle isn't really used much in English, but it's when the subject does whatever it does to itself. Someone who speaks classical Greek can give a better desription.
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In Greek, "middle voice" has a sense of "on behalf of the speaker", "for the advantage of the speaker", or is simply reflexive, as GG says. So if you imagine the following examples in Greek, with the verb in the middle voice, they mean:
1. I bought-MIDDLE a bottle of Scotch. ] i.e. it was for me, not for someone else.
2. I washed-MIDDLE the shirts. ] i.e. they were my shirts.
1. I bought-MIDDLE a bottle of Scotch. ] i.e. it was for me, not for someone else.
2. I washed-MIDDLE the shirts. ] i.e. they were my shirts.
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