Orders

There are three orders in East Cree, like in other Algonquian languages: Independent, Conjunct and Imperative. Within each order, there are several conjugations (also known as verb paradigms).

Conjugation numbering for Cree-Innu-Naskapi

Independent Order

#	Abbreviation	Conjugation Name
01	IIN	Independent Indicative Neutral
02	IIN-S	Independent Indicative Neutral – Subjective
03	IIP	Independent Indicative Preterit
04	IIP-S	Independent Indicative Preterit – Subjective
05	IDR-PR	Independent Indirect Present
06	IDR-PR-S	Independent Indirect Present – Subjective
07	IDR-PS	Independent Indirect Past
08	IDR-PS-S	Independent Indirect Past – Subjective
09	IDN	Independent Dubitative Neutral
10	IDP	Independent Dubitative Preterit

Conjunct Order

#	Abbreviation	Conjugation Name
11	CIN	Conjunct Indicative Neutral
12a	CS	Conjunct Indicative Neutral – Subjunctive
12b	CH	Conjunct Indicative Neutral – Habitual/Iterative
13	CIP	Conjunct Indicative Preterit
14	CDN	Conjunct Dubitative Neutral
15	CDP	Conjunct Dubitative Preterit
16	CDP2	Conjunct Dubitative Preterit 2

Imperative Order

#	Abbreviation	Conjugation Name
17a	IMP	Imperative – Immediate
17b	IMP-D	Imperative – Delayed

(the conjugations striked through do not exist for the Northern dialect of East Cree)

Cree Verb Inflection

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