Transformation into forma passiva

 

Alright, Spyros — let’s go step by step.

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1️⃣ Translation of the active sentence

Italian (active):

Il fornaio prepara le focacce.

English:

The baker prepares the focaccias.

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2️⃣ Transformation into forma passiva (passive voice in Italian)

In Italian, the object of the active sentence (le focacce) becomes the subject of the passive sentence.
We use essere + participio passato of the main verb, and introduce the agent with da.

Passive form:

Le focacce sono preparate dal fornaio.

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3️⃣ Word-by-word breakdown

• Le focacce → the focaccias (now the subject)
• sono preparate → are prepared (essere in present tense + participio passato preparate, agreeing in gender/number with focacce)
• dal fornaio → by the baker

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💡 Note:

• preparato → masculine singular
• preparata → feminine singular
• preparati → masculine plural
• preparate → feminine plural (used here because focacce is feminine plural)

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If you want, I can also show you how this same sentence changes into the passive in all main tenses, so you can see the full pattern like we did with seguire.
Do you want me to prepare that table for preparare?