能動態(のうどうたい)

のうどうたい
noun
active voice (grammar)
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1. active voice (grammar)
The verb form in which the subject performs the action, as in 先生(せんせい)が生徒(せいと)を褒(ほ)める. Contrasts with 受動態(じゅどうたい), the passive voice. A school-grammar term, met mainly in English and Japanese grammar lessons.
この文(ぶん)は能動態(のうどうたい)だ。
This sentence is in the active voice.
受動態(じゅどうたい)を能動態(のうどうたい)に書(か)き換(か)えなさい。
Rewrite the passive sentences in the active voice.
日本語(にほんご)の受身(うけみ)は、英語(えいご)よりも能動態(のうどうたい)との使(つか)い分(わ)けが複雑(ふくざつ)だと言(い)われる。
The choice between active and passive is said to be more complicated in Japanese than in English.

From 能動(のうどう) (active) + 態(たい) (voice, in grammar).

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Related: 受動態(じゅどうたい) (passive voice)
Related: 使役(しえき) (the causative)
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