被 / 叫 / 让……给V and 把……给V: 给 before the verb
【六41】被动句 / special sentence patterns
Tone colorsā tone 1á tone 2ǎ tone 3à tone 4a neutral
In speech you can slip 给 right before the verb of a passive sentence (被 / 叫 / 让) or a 把 sentence: 杯子被他给摔碎了, 我把钱给花光了. The meaning does not change; 给 stresses that the thing was lost, spoiled or suffered, almost always with regret. As in an ordinary 被 or 把 sentence, the verb is followed by a complement (碎、走、光、掉, or at least 了).
The shape: O + 被 / 叫 / 让 + agent + 给 + V + complement and S + 把 + O + 给 + V + complement. The agent stays in (被他给……, never 被给……), 叫 and 让 are more colloquial than 被, and 给 always goes right before the verb, after 把 + object.
Do not mix it up with two other 给: the 给 “give to” (我给你钱) and the 给 that replaces 被 (杯子给他摔坏了). Here 给 is added to 被 / 叫 / 让 / 把, it does not replace them.
Examples
杯子被他不小心给摔碎了。
Bēizi bèi tā bù xiǎoxīn gěi shuāi suì le.The cup got smashed by him by accident.
我的自行车叫小偷给偷走了。
Wǒ de zìxíngchē jiào xiǎotōu gěi tōu zǒu le.My bike was stolen by a thief.
这件事差点让我给忘了。
Zhè jiàn shì chàdiǎn ràng wǒ gěi wàng le.I almost forgot about this.
我把钱都给花光了，下个月只好向朋友借钱了。
Wǒ bǎ qián dōu gěi huā guāng le, xià ge yuè zhǐhǎo xiàng péngyou jiè qián le.I have spent all my money, so next month I will have to borrow from a friend.
好好的一场比赛，就这样被裁判给毁了。
Hǎohāo de yì chǎng bǐsài, jiù zhèyàng bèi cáipàn gěi huǐ le.A perfectly good match, ruined like that by the referee.
他把我的手机给弄丢了，还不肯道歉。
Tā bǎ wǒ de shǒujī gěi nòng diū le, hái bù kěn dàoqiàn.He lost my phone and still refuses to apologise.
Common mistakes
✗ 杯子被他给摔。 → ✓ 杯子被他给摔碎了。 (the verb needs a complement or 了).
✗ 我给把门关上了。 → ✓ 我把门给关上了。 (给 goes after 把 + object, right before the verb).
✗ 杯子被给摔碎了。 → ✓ 杯子被他给摔碎了。 (with 被 …… 给, the agent stays between them).