Crysoprase,
sorry but I don't know "so much" Latin. It is only what I remember of my school days, and some consults to the dictionary. Some things are relatively easy to remember because you can yet find some remains from Latin in the Latin languages, as French, Spanish, Italian... But I would not dare to translate long or complex texts.
The differences in the passive forms are relative to the time of the action, more or less immediate. "Donor" = I am given (I receive a gift, someone gives me something), "Donabar" = I was given, "Donatus sum" = I have been given, "Donatus eram" = I had been given. The "-us" desinence is valid only with a male subject. For a feminine is "-a", and for a neutral one, "-um": I (a man) have been given = "Donatus sum"; I (a woman) have been given = "Donata sum".
Regards.
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