nácaon acó han pag-abot mo (I was eating when you arrived)
The past tense represents the English present perfect, and past, indicative mood. As:
nagsurát acó (I have written, I wrote)
The future corresponds to the English future tense, as:
másurat acó (I shall write)
Suppletory forms. The present represents the English present and future tenses, indicative. As:
He is here: hiyá háhani.
He will be here tomorrow: hiyá hahaní buás.
The imperfect past and past tense corresponds to the same tense of the Latin and Spanish languages: as
didinhi[68] hi Juan han pag-abót co (John was here, when I arrived) [[60]]