Cherokee/Inflection Tree

The inflection tree shows the possible inflections for the general Cherokee verb, first branching out at the selection of the stem. There are up to (and typically exactly) five possible stems for each verb, which should be memorized for each verb. More detail on this can be found on other pages. [Note: provide specific link.] The stem options are indicated as the bold headings followed by Roman numeral identifiers in parentheses. Below each stem are listed its subsequent options for inflection.

Stems
Present (I) 

Present Continuous


Completive (II) 
Remote Past 

Experienced



Non-Experienced



Future

Future



Future Imperative



Absolute Future (Including Certain Imperative)



Future Perfect



Nominalizations

Resultative Deverbal



Perfect Nominal



Stem Changes

Various Derivations



Incompletive (III) 

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Immediate (IV) 

Present Imperative



Immediate Past



Irrealis Immediate Future



Infinitive (V) 
NOM

Predicative



Obligatory



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NOM2

Infinitive (Including Potential)



Location Noun



DVB?

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Present (I)

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Present (Continuous)

Completive (II)

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(Remote) Past

  • Experienced
  • Non-Experienced

Future Imperative

Absolute Future (including Certain Imperative)

Future

Future Perfect

Various Derivational Inflections

Actual/Normal DVB (vvqi) Nominalization (Type CMP) (BMA 459 but doesn't recognize tonic): Resultative Noun or Adjective (tonic)

"Perfect Nominal" (u/judoorange123, BMA 459 but fails to distinguish from actual/normal DVB nominalization) (-vvhi/-vvqi, SH and atonic)

Incompletive (III)

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Habitual

(Remote) Past Progressive

  • Experienced
  • Non-Experienced

Absolute Future (including Certain Imperative)

Future Progressive

Agentive Noun (with NOM and SH)

  • Subtype (Uchihara 365): General Nominalization (without SH)

Actual/Normal DVB (vvqi) Nominalization (Type INC): Action Noun (SH on vv, tonic)

Immediate (IV)

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Present Imperative

Immediate Past

Irrealis Immediate Future

Infinitive (V)

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NOM

  • Predicative (bare usage): "for you to drink"
  • Obligatory (with superhigh)
  • Instrumental Noun (with SH) (including DVN-CAU-NOM (BMA 461))
    • Subtype (Uchihara 365): General Nominalization (without SH)

NOM2

  • Infinitive (including Potential usage): "your singing"
  • Location Noun

DVB?? (which one? see tonicity) ??? does this exist as BMA passingly declared?