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<\/a>VAI (Verb Animate Intransitive)<\/h1>\r\n
Observation<\/caption>\r\n
\u14aa\u14ef\u14c8\u14f2 \u14c5\u1511\u14a5\u1525\u166e<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nmasinaasuu nuushimish.<\/td>\r\n‘My grandchild’s name is on the list.’<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u1427\u1401\u1528\u1473\u1434 \u144c\u1403\u14f0 \u1489 \u14c3\u14a5\u1466\u166e<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nweyikaapuu Daisy che niimit.<\/td>\r\n‘Daisy stands ready to dance.’<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u1405\u1456\u14a5\u1472\u148b\u1510\u1511\u14d0 \u1427\u1491\u14d0\u166e<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nutaamikachisheshin John.<\/td>\r\n‘John falls on his behind.’<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Animate Intransitive verbs are verbs with usually one role (intransitive) filled by an animate subject.<\/p>\r\n

VAI stems<\/a> end in\u00a0-n<\/span> or in vowels.<\/p>\r\n

Some Animate Intransitive verbs (VAI) have an Inanimate Intransitive verb (VII) partner that is spelled and pronounced the same. Most of these end in -payuu<\/span>. [These are marked in the Southern dictionary as vai\/vii.]<\/p>\r\n
\u1427\u140b\u148b\u1438\u152b \u14c3\u1431\u14f0\u166e<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nwaachipayuu niipisii.<\/td>\r\nVII<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n‘The willow tree is bent.’<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u1427\u140b\u148b\u1438\u152b \u14a5\u1525\u144e\u1484\u166e<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nwaachipayuu mishtikw.<\/td>\r\nVAI<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n‘The tree is bent.’<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Some Animate Intransitive verbs (VAI) can take an inanimate goal or object and make their passive (unspecified actor form) like Transitive Inanimate verbs. They are called VAI+O<\/a> in the dictionary and Conjugation Guide.<\/p>\r\n

Link to Conjugation Guide<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Some Animate Intransitive verbs (VAI) can take goal or objects either explicit or implicit.<\/p>\r\n