Just as noun suffixes must follow a specific sequence, verb suffixes also have a strict order based on their type. Only one suffix of each type may be attached to a verb at a given time. The following examples clearly illustrate the required order:

• nuHotlhpu''a' - Have they scanned us?
  
  • nu- (prefix: they-us)
  • Hotlh (verb: scan)
  • -pu' (Type 7: perfective)
  • -'a' (Type 9: interrogative)
• Qaw''eghpu' - He/she destroyed himself/herself
  
  • 0 (prefix: he/she)
  • Qaw' (verb: destroy)
  • -'egh (Type 1: oneself)
  • -pu' (Type 7: perfective)
• wIchenmoHlaH - We can create it
  
  • wI- (prefix: we-it)
  • chen (verb: take form)
  • -moH (Type 4: cause)
  • -laH (Type 5: can, able)
• Daqawlu'taH - You are continuously remembered
  
  • Da- (prefix: you-him/her)
  • qaw (verb: remember)
  • -lu' (Type 5: indefinite subject)
  • -taH (Type 7: continuous)
• vItlhapnISpu' - I needed to take him/her
  
  • vI- (prefix: I-him/her)
  • tlhap (verb: take)
  • -nIS (Type 2: need)
  • -pu' (Type 7: perfective)
• HeghqangmoHlu'pu' - He/she was made willing to die
  
  • 0 (prefix: he/she-him/her)
  • Hegh (verb: die)
  • -qang (Type 2: willing)
  • -moH (Type 4: cause)
  • -lu' (Type 5: indefinite subject)
  • -pu' (Type 7: perfective)
• maghoSchoHmoHneS'a' - May we proceed on a course (to a place)?
  
  • ma- (prefix: we)
  • ghoS (verb: proceed on a course)
  • -choH (Type 3: change)
  • -moH (Type 4: cause)
  • -neS (Type 8: honorific)
  • -'a' (Type 9: interrogative)