There are three orders in Innu, as in other Algonquian languages: Independent, Conjunct and Imperative. Within each order, there are several conjugations (also known as verb paradigms). In them, we distinguish tenses and moods like the Indicative, the Perceptive (also known as the Subjective), the Indirect (or Dubitative), or the Irrealis.

Conjugation numbering for Cree-Innu-Naskapi

Independent Order

#	Abbreviation	Conjugation Name
01	IIPr	Independent Indicative Present
02	IIPr-P	Independent (Indicative Present) Perceptive
03	IIPa	Independent Indicative Past
04	IIP-S	Independent Indicative Preterit – Perceptive
05	IIdrPr	Independent Indirect Present
06	IDR-PR-S	Independent Indirect Present – Perceptive
07	IIdrPa	Independent Indirect Past
08	IDR-PS-S	Independent Indirect Past – Perceptive
09	IDPr	Independent Deductive Present
10	IDPa	Independent Deductive Past

Conjunct Order

#	Abbreviation	Conjugation Name
11	CIPr	Conjunct Indicative Present
12a	CS	Conjunct Subjunctive
12b	CS	Conjunct Subjunctive – Changed Form
13	CIP	Conjunct Indicative Preterit
14a	CIn	Conjunct Indirect
14b	CInIt	Conjunct Indirect Iterative
15	CDP2	Conjunct Dubitative Preterit 2
16	CIr	Conjunct Unrealized

Imperative Order

#	Abbreviation	Conjugation Name
17a	ImpIPr	Imperative Immediate
17b	ImpIF	Imperative Delayed
17c	ImpIdr	Imperative Indirect

(The striked through conjugations do not exist for the Innu language but can be found in other languages of the Cri-Innu family.)