From root: sulat
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
sinulatan
si-nu-la-TAN
wrote to someone or on something
Present (Incomplete)
sinusulatan
si-nu-su-la-TAN
is writing to someone or on something
Future (Contemplated)
susulatan
su-su-la-TAN
will write to someone or on something
Usage Note
Sulatan is used when the focus is on the person being written to or the specific object being written on, such as a piece of paper or a wall. It is an object-focus verb where the recipient or the surface being marked acts as the grammatical subject of the sentence.
Examples
" Sulatan mo ako mamaya. "
Natural Translation
Write to me later.
Literal Translation
Write-to you me later.
" Gusto kong sulatan si Mama. "
Natural Translation
I want to write to Mom.
Literal Translation
Want I write-to name-, Mom.
" Bago siya umalis ng bansa, sinulatan niya ang kaniyang mga magulang upang ipaalam na ligtas siyang nakarating. "
Natural Translation
Before he left the country, he wrote to his parents to let them know that he had arrived safely.
Literal Translation
Before he leave the country, wrote-to he the his parents in-order let-know that safe he arrived.
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