INFLECTIONS.
The inflections are determined by particles, which are shown in the following tables:
(In the tables below, the dash represents the root; the sign (d) means that the first syllable of the root is doubled; s and p mean singular and plural, respectively).
TABLE 1
| Primitive active | |
| Infinitive | |
| Present, and gerund: | PAG—, s; PANG—, PAM—, PAN—, p |
| Indicative | |
| Present: | NA— |
| Past: | INM—, or —INM— |
| Future: | MA— |
| Imperative | |
| (the root unaltered) | |
| Subjunctive | |
| UM—, or —UM— | |
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OBSERVATIONS:
Infinitive. The present and gerund are formed by the prefix pag, and the root. In the plural, the g of pag undergoes the following changes:
When the root begins with a vowel o: with the consonant c, the pag is changed into pang the c then being suppressed. Examples:
| from | “arò” | (to ask), | pag-arò, | pl. pang̃aro. |
| “catúrog” | (to sleep), | pagcátúrog, | pl. pang̃atúrog. |