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 ===Passive===
-The passive can be formed by using the auxiliary ''piamen'' followed by the past participle of the verb: ''Þe káke piám jaten.'' = 'The cake was eaten.' Some dialects use ''niamen'' + infinitive or ''niamen'' + past participle instead of ''piamen'' for the passive.
+The passive can be formed by using the auxiliary ''piamen'' followed by the past participle of the verb, or ''niamen'' + past participle (the two choices of auxiliary are in free variation)
+For example, ''Þe káke piám jaten.'' or ''Þe káke niám jaten'' = 'The cake was eaten.'
 Or, one may use the impersonal pronoun ''sum''.