Breakdown of Τα πιάτα θα πλυθούν και το πάτωμα θα καθαριστεί όταν τελειώσει το σεμινάριο.
και
and
θα
will
όταν
when
το πιάτο
the plate
Questions & Answers about Τα πιάτα θα πλυθούν και το πάτωμα θα καθαριστεί όταν τελειώσει το σεμινάριο.
Why is the passive voice used here (θα πλυθούν, θα καθαριστεί) instead of the active?
The sentence focuses on the result (clean dishes, clean floor) rather than on who is doing the action.
- Τα πιάτα θα πλυθούν = The dishes will be washed (we don’t care / don’t say who will wash them).
- το πάτωμα θα καθαριστεί = the floor will be cleaned (again, the doer is not mentioned).
In Greek, as in English, the passive is often used when:
- the agent is obvious (e.g. the people who took the seminar),
- unimportant,
- or deliberately not mentioned.
An active version would be:
Κάποιος θα πλύνει τα πιάτα και θα καθαρίσει το πάτωμα όταν τελειώσει το σεμινάριο.
(Someone will wash the dishes and clean the floor when the seminar is over.)
The meaning is similar, but the focus shifts from the dishes/floor to the person doing the actions.
How is θα πλυθούν formed from the verb πλένω?