Dear Ven. Pandita, Nina and friends,

Bhante, I agree with the three conditions. However, I find the
examples not comprehensive. This is because of the word 'go', which
is not transitive in English. In fact, it is also not exactly
transitive in Pali. Words like cook and cut are transitive. Words
like go and fall are intransitive.

There are some web resources here:
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/trnsintr.htm
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http://www.dailygrammar.com/116to120.shtml
http://www.bartleby.com/68/24/6124.html

metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Nina van Gorkom wrote:

Nina quotes:
<Passive Voice
1. The verb must be only transitive.
2. The object must be active while the subject, if any, inactive.
3. The verb is a conjugated form or a present, past or future
participle.
E.g. Purisena/purisehi nagara.m gamiiyate.
(Inactive subject) (Active object) (Transitive passive verb)
= The town is gone (to) by (the/a) man.
Purisena nagara.m gata.m= The town is gone to by (the/a) man. (Past
Participle)
Purisena nagara.m gantabba.m= (The/A) town should be gone (to) by
(the/a) (Future Participle)
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