The Independent order is characterized by the presence of personal prefixes. In Innu, there are seven Independent conjugations:

• Independent Indicative Present (or Neutral) or IIP (#01)
• Independent Indicative Present (or Neutral) – Subjective or IIP-S (#02)
• Independent Indicative Preterit or IIP (#03)
• Independent Indirect or IDR-PR (#05)
• Independent Indirect Present – Perceptive or IDR-PR-S (#06)
• Independent Indirect Present- Subjective or IDR-PS (#07)
• Independent Indirect Past – Perceptive or IDR-PS-S (#08)
• Independent Dubitative Neutral or IDN (# 09)
• Independent Dubitative Preterit or IDP (#10)