Strona
bierna
Konstrukcja sb
is said
Somebody
is said to ...
- O
kimś mówi się, że ...
to konstrukcja w stronie biernej. W konstrukcji tej możemy używać
zarówno czasowników przechodnich jak i nieprzechodnich, które w
klasycznej stronie biernej nie występują.
W
zależności od czasu konstrukcja przybiera różne warianty, przy
czym możemy w niej zaznaczyć także aspekt trwający
czasownika:
a)
Present Continuous, Future Continuous
Peter
is going to Poznań tomorrow morning.
Peter is
said to be going to
Poznań tomorrow morning.
Peter
will be reading a book tomorrow morning.
Peter is
said to be reading a
book tomowrrow morning.
b)
Simple Present i Simple Future
Peter
goes to Poznań every Monday.
Peter is
said to go to
Poznań every Monday.
Peter
will read this book tomorrow.
Peter is
said to read this
book tomorrow.
c)
Present Perfect, Simple Past, Past Perfect
Peter
went to Poznań last Monday.
Peter is
said to have gone to
Poznań last Monday.
Peter
has read that book.
Peter is
said to have read that
book.
Before
she got home, Peter had left.
Peter is
said to have left before
she got home.
d)
Past Continuous, Present Perfect Continuous, Past Perfect
Continuous
Peter
was going to Poznań yesterday at 5.00.
Peter is
said to have been going to
Poznań yesterday at 5.00.
Peter's
been reading this book since 5.00.
Peter is
said to have been reading this
book since 5.00.
Peter
had been reading for two hours when she got home.
Peter is
said to have been reading for
two hours when she got home.
Inne
czasowniki (oprócz say)
występujące najczęściej w tej konstrukcji, to : assume,
believe, consider, know, think, understand, suppose.
Na przykład:
Robert
is known to
read a lot. - O
Robercie wiadomo,
że sporo czyta.
Znając
konstrukcję sb
is said oraz it
is said,
zdanie 'He
has done it'
możemy przekształcić następująco:
It
has been done (by him).
It
is said that he has done it.
He
is said to have done it.