My French textbook has the sentence "Le fait est rapporté dans les journaux." The verb "rapporté" looks like a past participle, but the preceding verb is "être" rather han "avoir". What is the name of this conjugation?
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That's the passive voice.
The subject and the object switch their role with it:
Les journaux rapportent le fait. : The newspapers report the fact.
Le fait est rapporté par les journaux. : The fact is reported by the newspapers.
See: Quelles sont les utilités respectives de la voix active et la voix passive ?
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Merci, jilliagre. My class has not yet learned that. – user2153235 Nov 10 '21 at 00:36