As introduced in the discussion of verbal Transitivity and Animacy, all Cree Verbs belong to one of four Verb Classes.

 

Word

Class

Animacy of

First Participant

Transitivity

of Verb

Animacy of

Second Participant

Verb

Class

Verb

Inanimate

Intransitive

 

VII

Verb

Animate

Intransitive

 

VAI

Verb

Animate

Transitive

Inanimate

VTI

Verb

Animate

Transitive

Animate

VTA

 

The paradigms of each of these verb classes – VII, VAI, VTI, and VTA – will be fully introduced in their own section.