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Puesto que la estructura estaba dañada, fue reparada por los obreros.

Puesto que la estructura estaba dañada, fue reparada por los obreros.
Since the structure was damaged, it was repaired by the workers.
From Lesson 360:Analytical passive voice (ser + participio)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Puesto que la estructura estaba dañada, fue reparada por los obreros.

Why does the sentence use estaba for dañada but fue for reparada?
This sentence perfectly contrasts the two types of passive voice! estaba dañada uses estar to describe a state or condition (the result of being damaged). fue reparada uses ser to describe an action or event taking place. The first is how the structure was; the second is what happened to it.
Why do the participles dañada and reparada both end in -a?
Whenever you use a past participle with either ser (analytical passive) or estar (state), it acts like an adjective. This means it must agree in gender and number with the subject it describes. Since la estructura is feminine and singular, both participles take the -a ending.
Could we use the passive with se and say se reparó por los obreros instead?
No, that would sound unnatural. The passive with se is generally used when the person doing the action is unknown, unimportant, or general. Because this sentence specifically names who did the repairing (por los obreros), you must use the analytical passive voice with ser.
What is the exact function of por before los obreros?
In the analytical passive voice, por translates to "by" and introduces the agent—the person or group actually performing the action. Whenever you have ser + past participle + por, you are explicitly pointing out who did the deed.
Is puesto que just another way of saying porque?
Puesto que means "since" or "given that." It is very similar to ya que or como when used at the beginning of a sentence to introduce a known cause or background information. It sounds slightly more formal and is much more common at the start of a sentence than a simple porque.

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