In Georgian, the verb consists of a root and several optional affixes.

Somali verbs consist of a stem to which suffixes are added.

Maidu verbs consist of the verbal theme along a series of suffixes.

Transitive verbs consist of single roots and various suffixes upon modern intransitive verbs.

Phrasal verbs often consist of a verb and a particle, whereby the particle is mistakenly interpreted to be a preposition, e.g.

The verbs consist of:

Generally, nonderived noun and verb stems consist of between 1-4 syllables.

However, typical verbs consist of many more (Hardman, 2000).

All three languages are prefixing, and their verbs consist of either a single inflected stem or an uninflected "main verb" preceding an inflected auxiliary verb.

The English modal verbs consist of the core modals can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would, as well as ought (to), had better, and in some uses dare and need.