As to the inflections of the root, they are the same as those of the corresponding; affirmative except the past indicative, which always takes the inflections of the imperative.
Example:
Negative Primitive Active.
Root: surát
Indicative.
| Present, and gerund |  | singular: | diri pagsurát |  | (not to write, not writing) |
| plural: | diri panurat |
Indicative
| PRESENT | |||
| SINGULAR | PLURAL | ||
| diri acó, etc. násurát | (I do not, etc. write) | diri camí, etc. násurát | (we do not, etc. write) |
| PAST | |||
| uaráy acó, etc. surát | (I did not, etc. write) | uaráy camí, etc. surát | (we did not, etc. write) |
| FUTURE | |||
| diri acó, etc. másarát | (I shall not, etc. write) | diri camí, etc. másurat | (we shall not, etc. write) |
Imperative
ayáo surát icáo, quitá, camó (let you, us not write)