In English and German, a verb can have one of two voices which describe the relationship between the verb and the subject. These voices are the active voice and passive voice.
Every tense and mood available in the passive voice can have a modal verb added to it. Similar to the active voice, modal verbs are primarily used in the non-perfect tenses with the passive voice ( Present, Simple Past, Future) in written and spoken language.
Several prepositions can be used to indicate something about the action described in the passive voice. These are: the preposition for indicating the agent ( von); for indicating the means ( durch ); and for indicating the instrument ( mit ).
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