VII (Verb Inanimate Intransitive)

VII stems can end in one of six different vowels : -e, -aa, -ii, -uu, -i, -u.

Ending	Example
e	ᐃᔥᐧᑳᑌᐤ		ishkwaate-u	it is burning, burnt
aa	ᒌᔑᑳᐤ		chiishikaa-u	it is daytime
u	ᒋᑲᒨ		chikamu-u	it is stuck, attached on something
uu, written as u	ᐅᐦᒋᑰ		uhchikuu	it leaks, bleeds
i, written as u	ᐅᑖᑯᔔ		utaakushu-u	it is evening
ii	ᐱᒫᑎᒦᐤ		pimaatimii-u	it (water) is a channel

For stems ending in -uu, and -i, a stem vowel can dissapear in the independent indicative. (This is called “vowel coalescence” for what happens to -uu, and “vowel harmony” for what happens to -i):

ᐅᐦᒋᑰ-ᐅ	uhchikuu-u	→	ᐅᐦᒋᑰ		uhchikuu	it leaks, bleeds	(one u disappears)
ᐅᑖᑯᔑ-ᐅ	utaakushi-u	→	ᐅᑖᑯᔔ		utaakushuu	it is evening	(the i becomes u)

See the Conjugation Table.

VII verbs with stems ending in -n have a special behaviour. The nasal vowel n becomes h in the 3rd person proximate inflection in the conjunct indicative paradigms (#11 and #12).

ᓅᑯᓐ		nuukun (#01)	→	ᐁ ᓅᑯᐦᒡ		e nuukuh-ch(#11)	whenever it is visible
			→	ᓅᑯᐦᒉ		nuukuh-che (#12a)	when it will be visible
ᒥᔅᐳᓐ		mispun (#01)	→	ᐁ ᒥᔅᐳᐦᒡ		e mispuh-ch (#11)	whenever it is snowing
			→	ᒥᔅᐳᐦᒉ		mispuh-che (#12a)	when it will snow
			→	ᒣᔅᐳᐦᒡ		mespuh-ch (#12b)	every time it snows

See the Conjugation Table for -n stem.