Editing Cheyenne language (section)

====Conjunct order====
This order governs a variety of dependent clause types.{{sfn|Murray|2012|p=243}}  Leman (2011) characterizes this order of verbs as requiring other verbal elements in order to establish complete meaning.{{sfn|Leman|2011|p=19}} Verbs in the conjunct order are marked with a mode-specific prefix and a suffix marking person, number and animacy.{{sfn|Murray|2012|p=244}}

{| class="wikitable"
! style="width: 140px;" | Mode
! style="width: 150px;" | Example
! style="width: 130px;" | Translation
|-
|-
|Indicative
|{{Lang|chy|tséhpėhêvaese}}
|'when he was good'
|-
|Subjunctive
|{{Lang|chy|mȧhpėhévaestse}}
|'when he is good' (unrealized)
|-
|Iterative
|{{Lang|chy|ho'pėhévȧhesėstse}}
|'whenever he is good'
|-
|Subjunctive Iterative
|{{Lang|chy|ohpėhévȧhesėstse}}
|'when he is generally good'
|-
|Participle
|{{Lang|chy|tséhpėhêvaestse}}
|'the one who is good'
|-
|Interrogative
|{{Lang|chy|éópėhêvaestse}}
|'whether he is good'
|-
|Obligative
|{{Lang|chy|ahpėhêvȧhesėstse}}
|'he ought to be good'
|-
|Optative
|{{Lang|chy|momóxepėhévaestse}}
|'I wish he would be good'
|-
|Negative inferential
|{{Lang|chy|móho'nópėhévaestse}}
|'he must not be good'
|}