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.