Word
La riforma è stata respinta da parte del ministero.
Meaning
The reform was rejected by the ministry.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of La riforma è stata respinta da parte del ministero.
essere
to be
la riforma
the reform
da parte di
by (institutional or formal agent)
respingere
to reject
Questions & Answers about La riforma è stata respinta da parte del ministero.
Why use da parte del instead of just dal here?
While dal ministero is grammatically correct, using da parte di (which combines with the article il to make del) is very common when the agent doing the action is an institution, organization, or collective group. It emphasizes the official source of the decision and gives the sentence a slightly more formal, bureaucratic tone.
Why is the verb è stata respinta instead of just è respinta?
È stata respinta is the passive voice in the passato prossimo (past tense), meaning "was rejected" or "has been rejected". If you used è respinta, it would be the present tense passive ("is rejected"). To form the past passive, you use the passato prossimo of essere (è stata) plus the past participle of the main action verb (respinta).
Why do both stata and respinta end in -a?
In the passive voice, the past participle must always agree in gender and number with the subject of the sentence. Because the subject here is la riforma (feminine singular), both the auxiliary stata and the main verb respinta take the feminine -a ending.
Could I use rifiutata instead of respinta to mean "rejected"?