Editing Kaska language (section)

====Verb Theme====
The '''verb theme''' carries the stem verb morpheme, which is immediately preceded by one of four ''classifiers'' (-h-, -Ø-, -l-, -d-).

The ''-Ø-'' classifier primarily marks intransitive and stative verbs.

The classifier ''-h-'', referred to as ''ł'' classification in Athabaskan literature, marks transitivity and/or causativity and deletes when preceded by the first-person singular subject marking ''s-''. Though it is found in some intransitive clauses, as in ''se'''h'''tsū́ts'' ("clothlike object is located"), these generally bear the ''-Ø-'' classifier.<ref name="Moore">{{cite thesis |last=Moore |first=Patrick James |title=Point of view in Kaska historical narratives |publisher=Indiana University |year=2003 |id={{ProQuest|305335008}}}}</ref>

*etsén segan 'the meat is dried'
*etsén se'''h'''gan 's/he dried the meat'

The ''-d-'' classifier serves a more complex function, accompanying self-benefactives, reflexives, reciprocals, iteratives (marked by the prefix ''ne-'') and passives.

The ''-l-'' classifier combines the functions of the ''-d-'' and ''-h-'' (''ł'') classifiers.