diff --git a/src/somali/IdiomSom.gf b/src/somali/IdiomSom.gf
index 641d03a3..19450eaf 100644
--- a/src/somali/IdiomSom.gf
+++ b/src/somali/IdiomSom.gf
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ concrete IdiomSom of Idiom = CatSom ** open Prelude, ResSom, VerbSom in {
 -- This module defines constructions that are formed in fixed ways,
 -- often different even in closely related languages.
 
-  --lin
+  lin
 
   -- : VP -> Cl ;        -- it is hot
   --ImpersCl =  ;
 
   -- : VP -> Cl ;        -- one sleeps
-  --GenericCl = ;
+  GenericCl vp = predVP impersNP (passVP vp) ;
+
 {-
     CleftNP   : NP  -> RS -> Cl ; -- it is I who did it
     CleftAdv  : Adv -> S  -> Cl ; -- it is here she slept
diff --git a/src/somali/ResSom.gf b/src/somali/ResSom.gf
index 0529e6f0..663d13b1 100644
--- a/src/somali/ResSom.gf
+++ b/src/somali/ResSom.gf
@@ -671,9 +671,11 @@ oper
     c2 = P v2.c2
     } ;
 
-  passV2 : Verb2 -> VerbPhrase = \v2 -> useV v2 ** {
+  passV2 : Verb2 -> VerbPhrase = \v2 -> passVP (useV v2) ;
+
+  passVP : VerbPhrase -> VerbPhrase = \vp -> vp ** {
     c2 = Passive ;
-    c3 = v2.c2 ;
+    c3 = pp2prep vp.c2 ;
     } ;
 
   complSlash : VPSlash -> VerbPhrase = \vps ->  let np = vps.obj2 in vps ** {