Editing Crow language (section)

====Active–stative verbs====
The morphological verb classes in Crow mirror a semantic distinction: Crow is an [[active–stative language]], meaning that the subject of an active verb is treated differently than the subject of a stative verb. Active verbs and stative verbs are marked with distinct sets of pronominal affixes: the "A-set" for active verbs and the "B-set" for stative verbs.

'''Active verbs''' may have one, two, or three arguments (making them respectively intransitive, transitive, or ditransitive). An intransitive verb takes a subject (SV), a transitive verb takes a subject and an object (SOV) and a ditransitive verb takes a subject and two objects (SO<sub>1</sub>O<sub>2</sub>V). In a relative clause built on an active verb, when the subject of the verb is the head of the relative clause and it is an animate noun phrase, it is marked by ''ak''.

'''Stative verbs''' may have zero (impersonal), one, or two arguments. In a relative clause, the subject of a stative verb is marked with ''m'' or in elevated discourse, ''dak''. There may also be an absence of marking on the head noun where the entire relative clause is marked with the indefinite nonspecific determiner ''m''.