Editing Slavey language (section)

===Aspect===
Slavey has two semantic aspects: perfective and imperfective.

The perfective is represented in position 11:

{{interlinear|number=ex:
|déhtla
|{3SG.PFV.start off}
|'S/he started off.'}}

{{interlinear|number=ex:
|whá goyįdee
|long 3SG.PFV.talk
|'S/he talked for a long time.'}}

The perfective can also be used with a past tense marker to indicate that at the point of reference, which is sometime in the past, the event was completed<ref name=Rice/>

{{interlinear|number=ex:
|kǫ́é góhtsį yįlé
|house {3SG.PFV.build area} PAST
|'He had built a house.'}}

The imperfective indicates that the reference time precedes the end of the event time:

{{interlinear|number=ex:
|hejį
|3.IPFV.sing 
|'S/he sings, s/he is singing.'}}

{{interlinear|number=ex:
|kǫ́é gohtsį begháyeyidá
|house {3.IPFV.build area} 1SG.PFV.see.3
|'I saw him building a house.'}}