Passive Alternatives: sein...zu, sich lassen
కర్మణి వాక్యానికి ప్రత్యామ్నాయ మార్గాలు
Beyond werden, German has two shorter ways to express possibility-passive ('can be done') — sein + zu + infinitive, and sich lassen + infinitive — both more compact than the full passive you learned in B1.
Grammar Comparison
వ్యాకరణ పోలిక
Two shortcuts for 'can be done'
Das Problem ist zu lösen. / Das Problem lässt sich lösen. (both mean 'The problem can be solved')
సమస్యను పరిష్కరించవచ్చు. (the possibility marker వచ్చు already does this job in one word)
Telugu expresses 'can be done' with a single possibility auxiliary, వచ్చు, attached straight onto the verb (పరిష్కరించవచ్చు, 'can be solved'), without needing a dedicated passive form at all. German offers two compact alternatives to the full 'kann gelöst werden' passive: sein + zu + infinitive (ist zu lösen) and reflexive lässt sich + infinitive (lässt sich lösen). Both carry the same 'possibility, not certainty' meaning as Telugu's వచ్చు — reach for either one when you want a shorter, more natural-sounding alternative to the full modal-passive construction from Lesson 39.
Vocabulary
పదజాలం
- Telugu
- పరిష్కరించవచ్చుparishkarinchavachu
- English
- can be solved
- Telugu
- పరిష్కరించవచ్చుparishkarinchavachu
- English
- can be solved (alternative)
- Telugu
- చేయవచ్చుcheyavachu
- English
- can be done
- Telugu
- బాగు చేయవచ్చుbaagu cheyavachu
- English
- can be repaired